Οἶμοι

courses, layers

Translated by Jennifer Benedict26 May 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] stripes.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οἶμοι· οἱ ῥάβδοι.

Betacode

*oi)=moi: oi( r(a/bdoi.

Notes

cf. the singular of this noun at omicroniota 97.
As in Homer, Iliad 11.24: "courses of lapis lazuli" [oi)=moi kua/noio], gold and tin in Agamemnon's cuirass.
For this sense of the headword see LSJ s.v. oi)=mos, 2; for this sense of the glossing word see LSJ s.v. r(a/bdos, III.

Linked from1 entry

οι97Οἶμοςpath, way[Meaning a] road; or verse; or spoke of a wheel. From this a parable is named too, the passing tale. "The work of Alexander the Macedonian, we who once followed the lord Darius on [our] last path."

Neighbouring entries

οι98Οἰμωγήwailing οι99ΟἰμώζωI wail οι100Οἶμοιcourses, layers οι101Οἴμοιalas; woe is me οι102Οἴμοι κύλικος ἴσον ἴσῳ κεκραμένηςalas for a cup mixed half and half

Revision history3 revisions · last 7 Aug 2013

7 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
6 Jun 2005added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
27 May 2004betacoding and other cosmetics; augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
26 May 2004Translated — Jennifer Benedict