Πηλοφόροι
clay-carriers, mortar-carriers
Translated by David Whitehead29 Jun 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] craftsmen, laborers.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πηλοφόροι· χειροτέχναι, μισθωτοί.
Betacode
*phlofo/roi: xeirote/xnai, misqwtoi/.
Notes
- For clay/mortar see pi 1515 (and e.g. under alpha 117). The present headword is rare outside grammarians and lexicographers, but Aristophanes has the cognate verb (Birds 1142, Ecclesiazusae 310).
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Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead