Μαγγάνα

wine-cask

Translated by Catharine Roth2 Oct 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 14 words

[Note] that Italians call the wine-container made of wood a magga/na. See under gau=los.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μαγγάνα· ὅτι τὸ οἰνηρὸν ἀγγεῖον ἐκ ξύλων κατεσκευασμένον μαγγάναν Ἰταλοὶ ὀνομάζουσιν. ζήτει ἐν τῷ γαῦλος.

Betacode

*magga/na: o(/ti to\ oi)nhro\n a)ggei=on e)k cu/lwn kateskeuasme/non magga/nan *)italoi\ o)noma/zousin. zh/tei e)n tw=| gau=los.

Notes (1)

Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss AF; appears as marginalia to mss AM; placed after mu 10 in ms V.
1gamma 73, whence the current entry seems to be drawn. (This cross-reference is absent from the marginalia of mss AV.) This meaning for the word is otherwise unattested. Elsewhere it means 'magic charm', 'catapult' or, as a proper name, the name of a building in Constantinople. ↩

Linked from1 entry

γ73Γαῦλοςparasite, stooge, merchant-ship, bucket, pail[Meaning] one living off others or one easily cheated. Or a sort of Phoenician cargo vessel, or a light vessel. But gaulo/s, oxytone, [is] the shepherd's vessel, which receives the milk. Herodotos [writes]: "and having…

Neighbouring entries

λ882Λύχνων ἁφάςlightings of lamps μ1Μάby μ2Μαγγάναwine-cask μ3Μαγγανευτήςimposter μ4Μαγγανείαtrickery

Revision history3 revisions · last 24 Apr 2013

24 Apr 2013Revised — David Whitehead
15 Jul 2009tweaked hw and tr, augmented notes, added keywords — William Hutton
2 Oct 2005cosmeticules — David Whitehead
2 Oct 2005Translated — Catharine Roth