Μύκη

scabbard, sheath

Translated by David Whitehead2 Aug 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

3 words

[Meaning a] case/covering.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μύκη· ἡ θήκη.

Betacode

*mu/kh: h( qh/kh.

ps.-Zonaras mu1376 is more explicit: 'case/covering of a sword; from the [verb] mu/w, [meaning] I enclose'. (For this verb see mu 1425.) In any case the word is attested elsewhere, e.g. Herodotus 3.64.3.

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