Στιγεύς

tattooer

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Apr 2014Vetting: high1 revision

3 words

Translation

[Meaning] a pricker.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Στιγεύς· τὸ κεντητήριον.

Betacode
*stigeu/s: to\ kenthth/rion. 

Notes

  1. The headword is famously used (in the accusative plural) in Herodotus 7.35.1, where Xerxes deploys "tattooers" or "branders" to punish the unruly Hellespont. But the Suda's gloss here is a neuter noun, suggesting another context, in which the headword noun is an instrument such as an awl or needle; cf. LSJ s.v.
    No equivalent entry in other lexica.

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Revision history1 revision · last 6 Apr 2014
  1. expanded note; more keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
  2. Translated — Catharine Roth

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