Συβήνη
sheath, subene
Translated by Catharine Roth1 May 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a leather pipe-case. Or a quiver.1 Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes]: "but I have nothing; but take a pipe-case."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συβήνη· ἡ δερματίνη αὐλοθήκη. ἢ ἡ φαρέτρα. Θεσμοφοριαζούσαις Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔχω οὐδέν. ἀλλὰ συβήνην λάβε.
Betacode
*subh/nh: h( dermati/nh au)loqh/kh. h)\ h( fare/tra. *qesmoforiazou/sais *)aristofa/nhs: a)ll' ou)k e)/xw ou)de/n. a)lla\ subh/nhn la/be.
Notes (2)
- Same entry in Photius, Lexicon sigma660 Theodoridis.
cf. sigma 1317, sigma 1661. - 1Also in Etymologicum Magnum 732.25; cf. scholion on Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 1197 (next note), Hesychius sigma2136, Pollux 7.153. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 1197 (which has a definite article,
to/ "the pipe-case" -- ungrammatically with this feminine noun, because a Skythian is speaking). Some modern editions print the noun assubi/nh . ↩
Linked from3 entries
- σ1317ΣυηναῖοςSuenaios, Syenian[*Suhnai=os]; and [sc. also attested is] suh/nh, [meaning] a leather case. But sui/+nh [means] a fig-tree.
- σ1661Συρβηνεύςnoisy[Meaning one who/that which is] rowdy. [sc. The term comes] from those playing the pipes in a disruptive way; or [meaning] a poor man by dint of having his pipe-cases and quivers empty. Also [sc. attested is the phrase]…
- φ96Φαρέτραquiver[Meaning a] projectile-storer. In effect, a mantle of [= for] the things that wound. That is, a covering; [named] from the [verb] fe/resqai.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 26 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth