Σμιλεύματα

chiselings

Translated by William Hutton8 Mar 2014Vetting: high2 revisions

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[Meaning] things thrown out from a chisel. Meaning [sc. here] scrapings, irritations. "And chiselings of works when a man is defending himself."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σμιλεύματα· ἐκβαλλόμενα ἀπὸ σμίλης. ἀντὶ τοῦ διαγλύμματα, ἐρεθίσματα. σμιλεύματά τ' ἔργων φωτὸς ἀμυνομένου.

Betacode

*smileu/mata: e)kballo/mena a)po\ smi/lhs. a)nti\ tou= diaglu/mmata, e)reqi/smata. smileu/mata/ t' e)/rgwn fwto\s a)munome/nou.

Aristophanes, Frogs 819-820 (where however some editions adopt Heiberg's emendation to smileumatoergou=), with comments from the scholia; cf. Hesychius sigma1255. On chisels, see also sigma 742.

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