Σηκίδες
pen-women
Translated by William Hutton27 Oct 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning sc. any] house-born slave-girls. But properly a pen-girl [shku/lh ]1 and a pen-woman [shki/s ] [is] she who keeps the storehouse in the field.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σηκίδες· τὰ οἰκογενῆ παιδισκάρια. κυρίως δὲ σηκύλη καὶ σηκίς, ἡ ἐν ἀγρῷ ταμιεῖον φυλάττουσα.
Betacode
*shki/des: ta\ oi)kogenh= paidiska/ria. kuri/ws de\ shku/lh kai\ shki/s, h( e)n a)grw=| tamiei=on fula/ttousa.
Notes (1)
- = Aelius Dionysius sigma12, via Photius sigma163 Theodoridis; cf. Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey 1.336.31 (on Homer Odyssey 9.227), Pollux 3.76.4, Hesychius sigma480, scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 486. The headword is nominative plural of the feminine noun
shki/s , a form unattested outside lexicography.
Compare generally sigma 301. - 1cf. Hesychius sigma486 (with a different spelling). ↩
Linked from3 entries
- σ299Σήκαθενthey were penned[Meaning] they were shut up as into a pen, that is, a corral. Also [sc. attested is] shkasqe/ntas, ["penned"], [meaning] enclosed as in a pen. "For he feared them even as they were penned in a circle, lest they force…
- σ301Σηκοκόροςpen-tender[Meaning] he who is in charge of the pen.
- σ302Σηκόςprecinct, stumpThe inner chamber of the shrine, a temple, a house, a tomb. "Entering the precinct of the captives they ordered [someone] to announce [...]". Meaning [entering] the house. They also apply the word to olive-trees, for…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 23 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- typo — William Hutton
- x-ref; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton