Μαυλίας
knives
Translated by Nick Nicholas26 Apr 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
They used to call machairai this [i.e. mauliai], because of being encamped together (homou aulizesthai), as [if to say] homaulias.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μαυλίας· τὰς μαχαίρας ἐκάλουν διὰ τὸ ὁμοῦ αὐλίζεσθαι, οἷον ὁμαυλίας.
Betacode
*mauli/as: ta\s maxai/ras e)ka/loun dia\ to\ o(mou= au)li/zesqai, oi(=on o(mauli/as.
Notes (1)
- The headword, here is the accusative plural, is normally
mau=lis, -idos , as used in Callimachus and Nicander.
The gloss is cited from the scholia to Thucydides 1.6.1 (web address 1), as a Just-So reference to the early Hellenes wearing knives in their daily life. On the machaira, see mu 302. - 1cf.
o(/maulos at omicron 227. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Jul 2020
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; more keywords — David Whitehead
- tweaks, cross-reference, keywords, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas