Λῖτα
linen-cloths
Translated by David Whitehead14 Jun 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λῖτα· καταπετάσματα. ἄνθετο δοιὰ λῖτα πολυδαίδαλα καὶ βοὸς οὖρον ἀσκητὸν χρυσῷ παμφανόωντι κέρας.
Betacode
*li=ta: katapeta/smata. a)/nqeto doia\ li=ta poludai/dala kai\ boo\s ou)=ron a)skhto\n xrusw=| pamfano/wnti ke/ras.
Notes (2)
- 1On the headword
li=ta , for which no nominative singular exists, see generally LSJ s.v. For its gloss here, with a neuter plural, cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 8.441. ↩ - 2Greek Anthology 6.332.3-4 (Hadrian): but read genitive
ou)/rou for the Suda'sou)=ron (again at omicron 955) and, more important,de/pa ("cups") for the Suda'sli=ta . On this epigram, Trajan's dedication to Zeus, see Page (561-563) and its further extracts at epsilon 1586, kappa 454, and kappa 2391. As Page notes (562), the emendation tode/pa was given by Salmasius (Claude de Saumaise, 1588-1653) and based upon the Suda's description of the dedicated items at kappa 454. On the urus (aurochs), see Caesar Gallic War 6.28 (web address 1). ↩
References
D.L. Page, ed., Further Greek Epigrams, (Cambridge 1981)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ε1586Ἔξαιτονchoice[Meaning] that which is select. "Choice things from the earlier booty, when he sacked the tireless, haughty Getae."
- κ454Κάσιον ὄροςKasian mountain[It is located] near the [river] Euphrates. Also [sc. attested] is Kasian Zeus; there Trajan dedicated silver jugs and an enormous gilded ox-horn, spoils of his victory over the Getae. And [there are] epigrams on the…
- κ2391Κρῆναιto accomplish, to fulfill"But grant him to accomplish gloriously this battle with the Achaemenian."
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Revision history6 revisions · last 22 Jul 2023
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added link — Ronald Allen
- coding, note tweak — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- tweaked tr — David Whitehead
- tweak, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead