Νακοτίλται

shearers

Translated by David Whitehead5 Sep 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] the cutters of the sheep.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νακοτίλται· οἱ τῶν προβάτων κουρεῖς.

Betacode

*nakoti/ltai: oi( tw=n proba/twn kourei=s.

Same or similar entry in other lexica: see the references at Photius nu13 Theodoridis. The headword is nominative plural of this noun, presumably quoted from somewhere. Attic comedy has instances of it (and the related adjective nako/tiltos) in the singular.
cf. generally nu 17, nu 21.

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