Στυπεῖον Στύππιον
coarse fiber (of flax or hemp)
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Apr 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στυπεῖον· Στύππιον δέ. καὶ τὸ μὲν σημαίνει τὸ τῆς ἐλαίας ὀστοῦν, τὸ δέ, ὅθεν τὸ λίνον νήθεται.
Betacode
*stupei=on: *stu/ppion de/. kai\ to\ me\n shmai/nei to\ th=s e)lai/as o)stou=n, to\ de/, o(/qen to\ li/non nh/qetai.
Notes (2)
- (Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss AF.)
- 1See LSJ s.v.
stuppei=on for the wide variety of attested spellings. ↩ - 2Parallels for the 'flax' aspect in other lexica (references at Photius sigma652 Theodoridis), including, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. (The 'pit of the olive' sense seems to be otherwise unattested, in either spelling, and is not registered by LSJ.)
cf. sigma 1117, sigma 1259. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- σ1117Στίππυονcoarse fiber (of flax or hemp)[Meaning] unspun flax. See also in [the entry for] stuppei=on.
- 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.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Apr 2022
- added a note — Catharine Roth
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth