Πανδούρα
cleaver, lute
Translated by William Hutton10 Jun 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] meat-cutting knife. A harp. Look under phkti/s ('harp').
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πανδούρα· μάχαιρα κρεωκόπος. ἡ πηκτίς. ζήτει ἐν τῷ πηκτίς.
Betacode
*pandou/ra: ma/xaira krewko/pos. h( phkti/s. zh/tei e)n tw=| phkti/s.
Notes
- This entry (lacking, Adler reports, in mss AFV, though added in the margin of A by a later hand) is derived from the entry it cites: pi 1502. In all its other attestations, apart from these two Suda entries, the headword is used in the sense of a stringed instrument, rather than a cleaver.
On these instruments see M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 71-4 (pektis) and 80 (pandoura).
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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Mar 2014
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; augmented note — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton