Στύππη
tow, oakum
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Apr 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στύππη· τὸ στίππυον. Ἰώσηπος· πληρώσαντες τὴν στοὰν στύππης, πρὸς δὲ ἀσφάλτου τε καὶ πίσσης. Στυπεῖον δέ.
Betacode
*stu/pph: to\ sti/ppuon. *)iw/shpos: plhrw/santes th\n stoa\n stu/pphs, pro\s de\ a)sfa/ltou te kai\ pi/sshs. *stupei=on de/.
Notes (3)
- 1See sigma 1117 and sigma 1260. ↩
- 2A loose approximation of Josephus, Jewish War 6.178: the second clause is accurately reproduced here, but the first is
th=s e(speri/ou stoa=s to\ metacu\ tw=n dokw=n kai\ th=s u(p' au)th=s o)rofh=s u(/lhs a)napimpla=sin au)/hs "they filled up the western colonnade [sc. of the court of the Gentiles in Jerusalem], the part between the roof-beams and the roof under them, with dry wood"; there is no mention of oakum. See web address 1. ↩ - 3As at sigma 1260. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- σ1117Στίππυονcoarse fiber (of flax or hemp)[Meaning] unspun flax. See also in [the entry for] stuppei=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 21 Apr 2022
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2; another keyword; tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth