Μολύβδαινα
lead-shot, sinker
Translated by David Whitehead27 Jul 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] lead-weight.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μολύβδαινα· μολυβδίδα.
Betacode
*molu/bdaina: molubdi/da.
Notes
- Same entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon: see the references at Photius mu511 Theodoridis. The headword occurs, in the dative case and in the sense translated here (for related ones see LSJ s.v.), at Homer, Iliad 24.80 (vignette of a fisherman). See web address 1.
cf. generally mu 1194, mu 1208, mu 1209.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Apr 2015
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded notes; more keywords — David Whitehead
- link, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead