Ὀθόναις

with fine linens

Translated by David Whitehead2 Nov 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 55 words
[Meaning] with light woven materials; and [sc. the term means] any thin [fabric], even if it is not made of flax.1
"For I/they also cut out with a sickle the rope by means of which the linen [sc. sail] is brought up onto the yardarm of the mast."2 He is speaking of the ship's tackle.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀθόναις· λεπτοῖς ὑφάσμασι· καὶ πᾶν τὸ ἰσχνόν, κἂν μὴ λινοῦν ᾖ. τήν τε γὰρ σχοῖνον, δι' ἧς ἡ ὀθόνη ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ ἱστοῦ ἀνάγεται κεραίαν, δρεπάνῳ ἐξέτεμον. τὸ ἄρμενον λέγει.

Betacode
*)oqo/nais: leptoi=s u(fa/smasi: kai\ pa=n to\ i)sxno/n, ka)\n mh\ linou=n h)=|. th/n te ga\r sxoi=non, di' h(=s h( o)qo/nh e)pi\ th\n tou= i(stou= a)na/getai kerai/an, drepa/nw| e)ce/temon. to\ a)/rmenon le/gei.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword (again omicron 80) is here in the dative plural, evidently quoted from somewhere. Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius omicron54 Theodoridis. ↩
  2. 2Quotation unidentifiable. ↩

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ο77Ὅθεν αἱ τριήρεις αἱ καλαίfrom where the fine triremes (come)ο78Ὅθιwhereο79Ὀθόναιςwith fine linensο80Ὀθόνηfine linenο81ὌθωI take heed
Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Dec 2020
  1. tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked tr; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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