Λύχνιον

lampstand

Translated by David Whitehead2 Apr 2009Vetting: high7 revisions

3 notes · 36 words
The [noun] lu/xnion is used in the neuter.1
"He orders the other one of the lampstands which had been (?)dedicated to him2 -- these were silver -- to be picked up and carried in full view".3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λύχνιον· οὐδετέρως λέγεται τὸ λύχνιον. κελεύει τῶν λυχνίων τῶν ἀνακειμένων αὐτῷ [ἀργυρᾶ δὲ ἦν ταῦτα] τὸ ἕτερον φέρειν ἀράμενον ἐμφανῶς.

Betacode
*lu/xnion: ou)dete/rws le/getai to\ lu/xnion. keleu/ei tw=n luxni/wn tw=n a)nakeime/nwn au)tw=| [a)rgura= de\ h)=n tau=ta] to\ e(/teron fe/rein a)ra/menon e)mfanw=s.

Notes (3)

  1. 1Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (700, cf. 688). ↩
  2. 2Not the same person as the subject of the sentence; a god? (cf. the epigram at mu 1418) ↩
  3. 3Aelian fr. 141b Domingo-Forasté (138 Hercher). ↩

Neighbouring entries

λ875Λύτραprice, ransomλ876Λυτρωτήςredeemerλ877Λύχνιονlampstandλ878Λυχνίτης λίθοςlit-up stoneλ879Λυχνιτάριονruby
Revision history7 revisions · last 26 Jun 2020
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. updated reference — Catharine Roth
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. x-ref — David Whitehead
  6. Revised — Catharine Roth
  7. tweak, status — Catharine Roth
  8. Translated — David Whitehead

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