Στελεόν
shaft, handle
Translated by Catharine Roth27 Feb 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the wooden [part] of the axe.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στελεόν· τὸ τοῦ πελέκεως ξύλον.
Betacode
*steleo/n: to\ tou= pele/kews cu/lon.
Notes
- Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius sigma522 Theodoridis.
cf. sigma 1030 (with links to LSJ) and sigma 1079.
Linked from2 entries
- σ1030Στελεόςshaft, handle"For if you [oak trees] did not keep producing all the handles, a farmer would not have an axe in his house." Babrius the fabulist says [this].
- σ1079Στειλειόςshaft, handle[Meaning] the wood[-en part] of the axe. "For what strength did your steel have, if a shaft had not been fitted to it?"
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Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth