Σχοῖνος
reed, rush
Translated by David Whitehead25 May 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
A kind of plant, sharp at the tip, like a needle. Its usage is masculine. Aristophanes in Acharnians [writes]: "[I will not stop] until I, a reed, plunge into them in revenge." That is, before I wound them like a reed sharp and painful.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σχοῖνος· εἶδος φυτοῦ, κατὰ τὸ ἄκρον ὀξέος, ἐοικότος βελόνῃ. λέγεται δὲ ἀρσενικῶς. Ἀριστοφάνης Ἀχαρνεῦσι· πρὶν ἂν σχοῖνος αὐτοῖσιν ἀντεμπαγῶ. τουτέστιν πρὶν αὐτοὺς τρώσω ὡς σχοῖνος ὀξὺς καὶ ὀδυνηρός.
Betacode
*sxoi=nos: ei)=dos futou=, kata\ to\ a)/kron o)ce/os, e)oiko/tos belo/nh|. le/getai de\ a)rsenikw=s. *)aristofa/nhs *)axarneu=si: pri\n a)\n sxoi=nos au)toi=sin a)ntempagw=. toute/stin pri\n au)tou\s trw/sw w(s sxoi=nos o)cu\s kai\ o)dunhro/s.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Acharnians 229-230 (chorus), with scholion; cf. sigma 648.
cf. generally sigma 1812, sigma 1814.
Linked from3 entries
- σ648Σκόλοψ αὐτοῖς καὶ σχοῖνος ἀντεμπαγῶI shall be stuck into them as a spike and a reedA proverb/saying. Reed: a type of plant, sharp at the end. So he is saying, I will pierce them like a sharp and painful reed. Since they used to hide spikes among the grapevines, so that no one might launch an attack at…
- σ1812Σχοῖνοςschoinos[Meaning an] agricultural measurement. So Herodotus says in Book 2 of the Histories.
- σ1814Σχοίνου συμβολεῖςtwisters of rush[Meaning] the reed-weavers. And rush [is] reed.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 26 May 2014
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead