Στερνοτύπτης
breast-beater
Translated by William Hutton1 Apr 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who beats the breast. Also [sc. attested is] sternotupto/menos ['beating one's breast'].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στερνοτύπτης· ὁ τὸ στῆθος τύπτων. καὶ στερνοτυπτόμενος.
Betacode
*sternotu/pths: o( to\ sth=qos tu/ptwn. kai\ sternotupto/menos.
Notes
- = Synagoge sigma218, Photius sigma537 Theodoridis; the primary lemma and gloss also = Hesychius sigma1777, and for the secondary lemma cf. Hesychius sigma1776.
The primary headword is apparently an agent noun derived from a hypothetical verbsternotu/ptw (presumably a by-form of the more common verbsternotupe/omai ). The supplementary one -- which as Theodoridis notes ought to besternotuptou/menos (as in Suda mss GM) -- is the present middle participle, nominative singular masculine, of the same verb. Neither form (nor any other form ofsternotu/ptw ) is attested outside lexicography.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 10 Jan 2015
- note typo — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton