Λικμητήρ
winnower
Translated by Craig Gibson9 Apr 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one possessing a winnowing-fan.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λικμητήρ· ὁ τὸ πτύον κατέχων.
Betacode
*likmhth/r: o( to\ ptu/on kate/xwn.
Notes
- Comparable entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (461). Perhaps, as Adler notes, in reference to Homer, Iliad 13.590, where the word appears in the genitive.
See also lambda 532, lambda 533, lambda 534, lambda 535.
Linked from2 entries
- λ533Λικμᾶνto winnow[Meaning] to make grain pure. "To Demeter the Winnower and the Seasons that tread in the furrows Heronax from his scanty tilth offers a portion of the corn from his threshing-floor and [these] various vegetables."
- λ535Λίκνονwinnowing-fan[Meaning] a sieve, or winnowing-shovel. But some write it with a diphthong. "Having overturned the winnowing-fan lying on her knees, she ran off." Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] liknoeidh/s…
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- Translated — Craig Gibson