Παπυλαιῶνος

pavilion's; of a pavilion

Translated by Catharine Roth23 Aug 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

8 words

Translation

[Meaning] of a tent, or of a tenta.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παπυλαιῶνος· σκηνῆς, ἤτοι τέντας.

Betacode
*papulaiw=nos: skhnh=s, h)/toi te/ntas. 

Notes

  1. The headword, which must be quoted from somewhere, is a transliteration (in the genitive singular) of Latin papilio, also spelled papuliw/n and papulew/n. Byzantine historians use the word.
    The basic meaning of papilio is "butterfly," and it was applied to tents from their resemblance to a butterfly's wings; English "pavilion" is a derivative.
    The second gloss is, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, "Vulgar Latin tenta (unattested)": here attested in a Greek genitive singular.

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Revision history2 revisions · last 14 Aug 2013
  1. tweaking — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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