Συηναῖος
Suenaios, Syenian
Translated by Catharine Roth1 May 2014Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συηναῖος· καὶ Συήνη, ἡ δερματοθήκη. Συΐνη δὲ ἡ συκέα.
Betacode
*suhnai=os: kai\ *suh/nh, h( dermatoqh/kh. *sui/+nh de\ h( suke/a.
Notes (2)
- 1cf.
subh/nh at sigma 1273. Adler reports a parallel to the primary headword from the Ambrosian Lexicon (888) and also for the rest of the entry (912). The (unglossed) primary headword itself would appear to be upper-case, i.e. the masculine nominative singular of the ethnikon of Syene, on the R. Nile near Elephantine (Herodotus 2.28.2, etc.); cf. Barrington Atlas map 81 grid C1. ↩ - 2Addendum (copied from the end of sigma 1318) lacking, Adler reports, in mss AF. It seems more likely that
sui/+nh -- otherwise unattested -- is the feminine nominative singular of the adjectivesu/i+nos "porcine." See also sigma 1319. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- σ1273Συβήνηsheath, subene[Meaning] a leather pipe-case. Or a quiver. Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes]: "but I have nothing; but take a pipe-case."
- σ1318Συηνίαswinishness[suhni/a] and kuhni/a: [meaning] ignorance, awkwardness. [Used thus] in Pherekrates. And Plato the philosopher [calls] behaving ignorantly and doing something swinish suhnei=n ["to act swinishly"]. Also [sc. attested…
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- Translated — Catharine Roth