Ὀπήτιον
hole-punch
Translated by William Hutton8 Feb 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀπήτιον· τὸ σουπλίον, τὸ τὰς ὀπὰς ἐμποιοῦν.
Betacode
*)oph/tion: to\ soupli/on, to\ ta\s o)pa\s e)mpoiou=n.
Notes (2)
- The headword, a diminutive of
o)/peas , is uncommon, and the entry is perhaps generated by its use in the Pentateuch: Exodus 21.6 (dative; quoted by Philo Judaeus), Deuteronomy 15.17. - 1The term translated here as 'awl',
soupli/on , is attested only here in this spelling; it is more commonlysoubli/on (e.g. eta 432, and cf. omicron 6). ↩ - 2An etymological definition, connecting the headword
o)ph/tion to the word for 'hole' (o)ph/ ). For this etymology see also Orion [Author, Myth] 118, Etymologicum Magnum 627.43. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Jul 2013
- small expansions — David Whitehead
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- augmented note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, cross-references, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton