Λικμήσονται Λικμῶ
they will winnow
Translated by Craig Gibson11 Nov 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. This form comes from] I winnow, [spelled] with a kappa, in reference to the threshing-floor. But [sc. also attested is] lixmh/sontai [spelled] with a chi, [meaning] they will lick.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λικμήσονται· Λικμῶ διὰ τοῦ κ ἐπὶ τῆς ἅλω. Λιχμήσονται δὲ διὰ τοῦ χ, ἀντὶ τοῦ λείξουσι.
Betacode
*likmh/sontai: *likmw= dia\ tou= k e)pi\ th=s a(/lw. *lixmh/sontai de\ dia\ tou= x, a)nti\ tou= lei/cousi.
Notes (1)
- The unglossed primary headword must be quoted from somewhere but is unattested outside lexicography.
- 1cf. lambda 632. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- λ531Λικμητήρwinnower[Meaning] one possessing a winnowing-fan.
- 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…
- λ632Λιχμήσονταιthey will lick[sc. Spelled] with a chi, [meaning] they will lick. "Then the lions, after licking the bodies of the saints all over [....]." But likmw= ["I winnow"] [spelled] with a kappa [is used] in reference to threshing.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 17 May 2016
- tweaked note — David Whitehead
- expanded notes — David Whitehead
- modified notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Craig Gibson