Σχοίνου συμβολεῖς
twisters of rush
Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the reed-weavers. And rush [is] reed.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σχοίνου συμβολεῖς· οἱ ψιαθοπλόκοι. καὶ σχοῖνος, ἡ ψίαθος.
Betacode
*sxoi/nou sumbolei=s: oi( yiaqoplo/koi. kai\ sxoi=nos, h( yi/aqos.
Notes
- From glosses on Herodotus 4.190 (the portable rush houses of the Nasamonians, web address 1). For 'rush' see under sigma 1813.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- σ1812Σχοῖνοςschoinos[Meaning an] agricultural measurement. So Herodotus says in Book 2 of the Histories.
- σ1813Σχοῖνοςreed, rushA 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…
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