Στειλειός

shaft, handle

Translated by Catharine Roth19 Sep 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 23 words

Translation

[Meaning] the wood[-en part] of the axe.1
"For what strength did your steel have, if a shaft had not been fitted to it?"2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Στειλειός· τὸ τῆς ἀξίνης ξύλον. τί γὰρ σθένος ἔσκε σιδήρῳ ὑμείων, εἰ μή οἱ ἐνὶ στειλειὸν ἀρήρει;

Betacode
*steileio/s: to\ th=s a)ci/nhs cu/lon. ti/ ga\r sqe/nos e)/ske sidh/rw| u(mei/wn, ei) mh/ oi( e)ni\ steileio\n a)rh/rei; 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Epic form of steleo/n (sigma 1029); see Homer, Odyssey 5.236 at web address 1. ↩
  2. 2Fragment of a dactylic fable, in appendix to Crusius' edition of Babrius, p. 218; cf. sigma 1030. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Jan 2014
  1. another keyword — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. upgraded link — Catharine Roth
  4. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Catharine Roth

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