Νάκην

fleece

Translated by Alex Gottesman21 Nov 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

4 words

[Meaning a] sheep's skin.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νάκην· προβάτων δοράν.

Betacode

*na/khn: proba/twn dora/n.

Notes

Accusative case of the headword; glossed as in the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 14.530, where it occurs. Likewise in other lexica.
See further nu 21, and cf. nu 22.

Linked from2 entries

ν21Νάκοςfleece[Meaning] a hairy skin, or a sheep's pelt. Properly the skin of the goat. Also [sc. attested is] kw/|dion and kw=os. But kw=as [is] the [skin] of the sheep. Josephus [writes]: "[he] having ordered those entering, to…
ν22Νακοτίλταιshearers[Meaning] the cutters of the sheep.

Neighbouring entries

ν15Νάϊνονnaval (?)ν16ΝαΐςNais ν17Νάκηνfleece ν18ΝάκληNakle, Nacle ν19ΝακώλειαNakoleia, Nacolia

Revision history6 revisions · last 30 May 2013

30 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
24 Aug 2011raised status — Elizabeth Vandiver
6 Sep 2008Revised — David Whitehead
5 Sep 2008x-refs; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Nov 2002added note and keyword — David Whitehead
22 Nov 2002Revised — Catharine Roth
21 Nov 2002Translated — Alex Gottesman