Πλόχανον

basket, winnowing-fan

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Oct 2012Vetting: high2 revisions

9 words

[Meaning] a wickerwork [item] in which grain is winnowed.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πλόχανον· πλέγμα, ᾧ ὁ σῖτος καθαίρεται.

Betacode

*plo/xanon: ple/gma, w(=| o( si=tos kaqai/retai.

Notes

The headword, a neuter noun, is a variant of plo/kanon.
Same glossing in Photius (pi966 Theodoridis), and in a scholion on Plato, Timaeus 52E, where the genitive plural ploka/nwn occurs in a simile, with ploxa/nwn as a variant reading (web address 1).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

π1798ΠλουτῶI am rich π1799ΠλούτωνPluto π1800Πλόχανονbasket, winnowing-fan π1801Πλοχμόςbraid π1802Πλωάςfloating, sailing

Revision history2 revisions · last 7 Oct 2013

7 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
24 Oct 2012augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
24 Oct 2012Translated — Catharine Roth