Λικμώντων Λικμῶ
of those winnowing
Translated by Craig Gibson11 Nov 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. From] I winnow, [meaning] I sift, I scatter.
I shovel.
I shovel.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λικμώντων. Λικμῶ, τὸ κοσκινεύω, διασκορπίζω. πτυάζω.
Betacode
*likmw/ntwn. *likmw=, to\ koskineu/w, diaskorpi/zw. ptua/zw.
Notes
- The unglossed headword -- probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 5.500 -- is the present active participle, masculine genitive plural, of the verb cited. Cf. e.g. lambda 533.
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 31 May 2020
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Craig Gibson