Πινοτήρης
pinna-carer, pinna-watcher
Translated by David Whitehead3 Mar 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the guard/protector of the pinna.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πινοτήρης· ὁ τῆς πίνας φύλαξ.
Betacode
*pinoth/rhs: o( th=s pi/nas fu/lac.
Notes
- cf. Photius pi890 Theodoridis, with other references there.
On this headword see generally LSJ s.v.: 'a small crab that lives in the pinna's shell, said to give warning of approaching danger'. (For the pin(n)a, see pi 1608.) Aristotle and others mention the creature; nevertheless, the word's appearance here may be generated by the figurative use of it in Aristophanes, Wasps 1510 (of one of the sons of Carcinus; cf. kappa 396).
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- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref; cosmetic — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead