Πεντέκτενοι
five-scalloped
Translated by David Whitehead16 Dec 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] purpled-around. [sc. So called] because of [garments] which have [sc. rows of] five purple scallops woven around their borders.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πεντέκτενοι· περιπόρφυροι. διὰ τὸ ἐνυφάνθαι περὶ τὰς ᾤας πέντε κτένας πορφυροῦς.
Betacode
*pente/ktenoi: peripo/rfuroi. dia\ to\ e)nufa/nqai peri\ ta\s w)/|as pe/nte kte/nas porfurou=s.
Notes
- Same entry in Photius (pi580 Theodoridis), and cf. Pollux 7.52 and Hesychius pi1407. The nominative plural headword might be quoted from somewhere in its own right but more probably reflects an accusative plural used by Menander (fr.92 Kock, 94 K.-A., quoted by Photius pi708.) See also Kassel-Austin, PCG II p.471, on Antiphanes fr. 289.
For the etymology see LSJ s.v.ktei/s 8b. Onw)/a orw)/|a "border, fringe," see omega 1.
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