Ῥινολαβίς
nose-apprehension, nose-clamp
Translated by David Whitehead·17 Sep 2010·Vetting: high·6 revisions
2 notes · 22 words Translation
[Meaning] tracking by scent,
1 smelling.
In
Synesius [this word means] a punishment, a machine in which they used to twist the nose.
2Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥινολαβίς· ἡ ῥινηλασία, ἡ ὄσφρησις. παρὰ Συνεσίῳ τιμωρία, ὄργανον, ᾧ τὴν ῥῖνα διέστρεφον.
Betacode
*(rinolabi/s: h( r(inhlasi/a, h( o)/sfrhsis. para\ *sunesi/w| timwri/a, o)/rganon, w(=| th\n r(i=na die/strefon.
Notes (2)
- LSJ s.v. r(inolabi/s recognises only the second of these senses (and does not credit it to Synesius).
- 1cf. generally rho 170. ↩
- 2Synesius, Letters 58.201C, accusative case (translation at web address 1). (Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in mss AFV.) ↩
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