Στίππυον
coarse fiber (of flax or hemp)
Translated by Catharine Roth9 Apr 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στίππυον· τὸ ἄκλωστον λίνον. καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ στυππεῖον.
Betacode
*sti/ppuon: to\ a)/klwston li/non. kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| stuppei=on.
Notes (2)
- The word can be spelled with upsilon as first vowel: see generally LSJ s.v.
stuppei=on ; and besides the cross-reference given here, cf. also sigma 1257, sigma 1259. - 1cf. Etymologicum Magnum 731.57. ↩
- 2sigma 1260. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- σ1259Στύππηtow, oakum[Feminine stu/pph means the same as neuter] sti/ppuon. Josephus [writes]: "[they] having filled the colonnade with oakum, and in addition with bitumen and pitch." But [sc. also attested is the spelling] stupei=on.
- σ1260Στυπεῖον Στύππιονcoarse fiber (of flax or hemp)[*stupei=on is spelled with epsiloniota] but stu/ppion [also occurs]. And the one means the pit of the olive, but the other, [the material] from which flax is spun.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 10 Apr 2022
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- more x-refs; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth