Σειρομάστης

seiromast, siromast

Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

6 words

A kind of javelin, a lance.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σειρομάστης· εἶδος ἀκοντίου, λόγχη.

Betacode

*seiroma/sths: ei)=dos a)konti/ou, lo/gxh.

Notes

See LSJ s.v. siroma/sths: "prop. pit-searcher, i.e. a probe or gauge, with which tax-gatherers searched corn-pits and magazines, used in war to try whether there were pits in the ground"; also "barbed lance of the same shape" (mentioned in the Septuagint and by Josephus).
See also sigma 478.

Linked from1 entry

σ478Σιρομάστηςsiromast, seiromast, pit-probe[Meaning] a certain implement made of iron, having a wooden handle, used by tax collectors in searches. Eunapius [writes]: "so that the pit-probe was held more in esteem than the spear-shaft."

Neighbouring entries

σ284ΣείριοςSirius σ285ΣείριονSirius σ286Σειρομάστηςseiromast, siromast σ287Σειροφόροςlasso-carrying σ288Σειροίpits

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