Σκηνορράφος

tent-maker

Translated by Catharine Roth13 Jan 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] one who sews hides together.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σκηνορράφος· ὁ τὰ δέρματα συρράπτων.

Betacode

*skhnorra/fos: o( ta\ de/rmata surra/ptwn.

cf. ps.-Herodian 126.
The headword itself is uncommon, but see e.g. Aelian, Varia Historia 2.1 (in a conversation between Socrates and Alcibiades).

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