Παραπέτασμα

curtain

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Apr 2011Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 14 words
[Meaning a] covering, drape.1
That which is called velum ["cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil"].2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παραπέτασμα· παρακάλυμμα, παράπλωμα. τὸ λεγόμενον βῆλον.

Betacode
*parape/tasma: paraka/lumma, para/plwma. to\ lego/menon bh=lon.

Notes (2)

  1. 1More fully in other lexica; references at Photius pi275 Theodoridis, where it is explicitly connected with the entrance to brothels. ↩
  2. 2Transliteration of a Latin word; cf. Plutarch, Romulus 5.5 *(rwmai+sti\ de\ to\ i(sti/on bh=lon o)noma/zousi "In Latin they call the sail velum." ↩

Neighbouring entries

π407Παραπεπτωκώςcringing toπ408Παραπέταλοιleafedπ409Παραπέτασμαcurtainπ410Παράπηγμαparapegmaπ411Παραπικρασμόςprovocation
Revision history5 revisions · last 22 Jul 2014
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. expanded n.1; more keywords — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. further expanded note 2 — Catharine Roth
  5. expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Catharine Roth

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