Πεκτῆρες

shearers

Translated by David Whitehead4 Mar 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] those [engaged in] plucking skins.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πεκτῆρες· οἱ τὸ δέρμα τίλλοντες.

Betacode

*pekth=res: oi( to\ de/rma ti/llontes.

Notes

See already under pi 919, and again at pi 1382.
cf. generally pi 918, pi 920, pi 922.

Linked from3 entries

π919ΠέκοςfleeceHide, sheepskin. Out of which [comes] also 'fleecers' [pekth=res]. A 'flys' [pe/skos] [is] the same thing, in the [entries] following.
π922Πεκτούμενονbeing clipped, being shorn[Meaning] being plucked, being shaved. Aristophanes [writes]: "and I will personally make you, [sc. when] being clipped, cry for the demesmen."
π1382Πέσκοςflys, rind, skin[Meaning a] hide, fleece. Also [sc. attested is] pekth=res ["shearers"], [meaning] those who pluck the hide.

Neighbouring entries

π919Πέκοςfleece π920Πέκτεινto fleece π921Πεκτῆρεςshearers π922Πεκτούμενονbeing clipped, being shorn π923Πελαγιζούσαιςon the high seas

Revision history4 revisions · last 19 Sep 2013

19 Sep 2013Revised — David Whitehead
4 Sep 2011Revised — David Whitehead
7 Mar 2010more x-refs — David Whitehead
5 Mar 2010set status — Catharine Roth
4 Mar 2010Translated — David Whitehead