Σκηπάνιον
staff
Translated by William Hutton20 Feb 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] scepter.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σκηπάνιον· σκῆπτρον.
Betacode
*skhpa/nion: skh=ptron.
Notes
- = Synagoge sigma110, Photius sigma310 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius sigma950, and several Homeric scholia, notably to Iliad 13.59, where the headword (a diminutive neuter noun) occurs in the dative case. Other possible connections are to Callimachus, Hecale fr. 355 Pfeiffer (cf. omicron 161), and Greek Anthology 6.83.5-6 (where again the dative of the headword occurs; see beta 50). For the headword see also sigma 578 and, for the gloss, sigma 583.
Linked from3 entries
- σ578Σκήπωνstaff[Meaning a] stick; from which also [the diminutive] skapa/nion ['stafflet'] [sc. is derived]. "Yea verily, he was a wise man who used to say 'before hearing a story from both sides you shouldn't make a judgment'. You,…
- σ583Σκῆπτρονsceptre[Meaning a] royal staff.
- σ589Σκῆψιςexcuse, pretext[Meaning a] covering. Allegation, or thought, postponement. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] skh/ptomai ["I allege by way of pretext"]. Aristophanes in Plutus [writes]: "I allege by way of pretext, ay any rate,…
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