Μέσαβον
mid-ox
Translated by David Whitehead3 Jun 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[A term for] the central timber of the oxen.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μέσαβον· τὸ μέσον τῶν βοῶν ξύλον.
Betacode
*me/sabon: to\ me/son tw=n bow=n cu/lon.
Notes
- A rather slapdash gloss on this headword (which occurs in the genitive plural in Hesiod, Works and Days 469: web address 1); rather, 'leathern strap, by which the middle of the yoke was fastened to the pole' (LSJ).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 16 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead