Περισκέλια

leggings

Translated by David Whitehead8 Mar 2010Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 20 words
What Romans used to wear round their legs. They were saffron-dyed.1 "[They] putting leggings all the way to their feet".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περισκέλια· ἃ ἐφόρουν οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι περὶ τὰ σκέλη. ἦσαν δὲ κροκοβαφῆ. περικαταθέμενοι δὲ περισκέλια τοῖς αὐτοῖς ποσί.

Betacode
*periske/lia: a(\ e)fo/roun oi( *(rwmai=oi peri\ ta\ ske/lh. h)=san de\ krokobafh=. perikataqe/menoi de\ periske/lia toi=s au)toi=s posi/.

Notes (2)

  1. See already pi 1282.
  2. 1Or: there were saffron-dyed ones. ↩
  3. 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. [Thanks to Catharine Roth for the suggestion of how to translate toi=s au)toi=s posi/.] ↩

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π1281Περισκελέςhard, harsh, obstinateπ1282Περισκελῆleggingsπ1283Περισκέλιαleggingsπ1284Περισκεπέςcovered all aroundπ1285Περίσκεπτονfar-seen
Revision history6 revisions · last 18 Dec 2016
  1. typo — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. tweaks — David Whitehead
  5. another note — David Whitehead
  6. set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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