Στρίφνος
gristle, tough meat
Translated by Ronald Allen8 Jan 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στρίφνος· τὸ νευρῶδες κρέας τῶν βοῶν· ἔστι δὲ καὶ βοτάνη ἄβρωτος. Ἰώβ· στρίφνος ἀμάσσητος, ἀκατάποτος.
Betacode
*stri/fnos: to\ neurw=des kre/as tw=n bow=n: e)/sti de\ kai\ bota/nh a)/brwtos. *)iw/b: stri/fnos a)ma/sshtos, a)kata/potos.
Notes (3)
- The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is a masculine noun in the nominative singular; see generally LSJ s.v., and cf. sigma 1203 for the related adjective.
- 1The first gloss follows Olympiodorus, Commentaries on Job 177.14. ↩
- 2The second gloss accords with Origen, Homilies on Job 17.73.36. LSJ s.v.
stru/xnon notes thatstru/xnos , a name for various plants, is a false reading for the instance of the headword in the quotation; cf. tau 1119 (gloss). ↩ - 3Job 20.18 LXX. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 26 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen