Λιθουλκῆσαι

to stone-drag

Translated by Craig Gibson11 Nov 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

9 words

[Meaning] to stand a votive offering on its base.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λιθουλκῆσαι· τὸ στῆσαι ἐπὶ τῆς βάσεως τὸ ἀνάθημα.

Betacode

*liqoulkh=sai: to\ sth=sai e)pi\ th=s ba/sews to\ a)na/qhma.

Likewise in Photius lambda312 Theodoridis. The headword -- aorist active infinitive of the rare verb liqoulke/w -- is presumably quoted from somewhere.
Hesychius lambda1000 has the present infinitive liqoulkei=n but with a different gloss: 'to drag something with difficulty'.

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