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Λέμβον · skiff (λ 245) · Suda

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Near λ245

λ241to have forgotten
λ242longing for
λ243has obtained by lot
λ244husk, rind
λ245skiff
λ246Lemon's (?)
λ247napkin, hand-towel
λ248little phrase, little word
λ249Leonnatos, Leonnatus

Suda/Λ lambda/λ245

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Λέμβον

skiff

Translated by David Whitehead13 Jul 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

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2 notes · 34 words

Translation

A small boat.
"But others they sent out in a severe storm in skiffs".¹
And elsewhere: "to sail in 30 skiffs and make war on the Aitolians by sea".²
The dative [is] tw=| le/mbei.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λέμβον· μικρὸν πλοῖον. ἑτέρους δὲ ἐν χειμῶνι σφοδρῷ λέμβοις ἐξέπεμψαν. καὶ αὖθις· πλεῖν δὲ λέμβοις λʹ καὶ πολεμεῖν τοῖς Αἰτωλοῖς κατὰ θάλατταν. ἡ δοτικὴ τῷ λέμβει.

Betacode

*le/mbon: mikro\n ploi=on. e(te/rous de\ e)n xeimw=ni sfodrw=| le/mbois e)ce/pemyan. kai\ au)=qis: plei=n de\ le/mbois l# kai\ polemei=n toi=s *ai)twloi=s kata\ qa/lattan. h( dotikh\ tw=| le/mbei.

Notes (2)

cf. kappa 1404.
1Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
2Polybius 4.29.7 (web address 1). ↩

References

L. Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore & London 1995) 125-7 and passim

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

η462ἩρακλείδηςHerakleides, Heracleides, Heraclides[a] Of Oxyrhynchus. Philosopher; the son of Sarapion; he was nicknamed Lembus. He lived under Ptolemy VI, who made the treaty with Antiochus. He wrote philosophical and other works. [b] Heraclides of Lycia, a sophist,…
λ217ΛέβερνοιliburniansVessels of war, triremes, [war]ships.

Neighbouring entries

λ243Λέλογχενhas obtained by lot λ244Λέμμαhusk, rind λ245Λέμβονskiff λ246ΛέμωνοςLemon's (?)λ247Λέντιονnapkin, hand-towel

Revision history6 revisions · last 30 Jul 2020

30 Jul 2020tweaked link — Catharine Roth
12 Apr 2020supplemented translation — Catharine Roth
4 Apr 2013Revised — David Whitehead
27 Mar 2011cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Oct 2003added x-ref — David Whitehead
29 Oct 2003Added link; added italics; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
13 Jul 2001Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Λέμβον (Adler number lambda 245), trans. David Whitehead, 13 Jul 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/lambda/245

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, Elizabeth Vandiver, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗