Τυχίος
Tykhios, Tychius
Translated by David Whitehead7 Nov 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A proper name.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τυχίος· ὄνομα κύριον.
Betacode
*tuxi/os: o)/noma ku/rion.
Notes
- A military craftsman (shield-maker) in Homer, Iliad 7.220-1. His name may be a "speaking name," derived from his craft.
For the argument that the root verb referred to the accurate strokes of craftsmen hammering or chiseling surfaces such as bronze, gold, stone and ivory (perhaps leather) in the arts known today as chasing, sphyrelaton, engraving and relief sculpture see tau 375, nu 211 (citing the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 1.28), tau 1148.
Linked from2 entries
- τ375Τέτευκταιhas been crafted, has been prepared, is made, is ready, is; has been chased and embossed[Meaning] has been prepared.
- τ1148Τύκος(wedge-shaped) pick or hammer; pick or other stone-working toolA certain tool, with which they cut all around stones and shape them. From this also [comes] the [verb] 'I was hewing and shaping [sc. stone]', standing for I was shaping [sc. by sculpting or polishing], I was cutting.…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Apr 2015
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Expanded note to x-ref tau 375, etc., added keywords — Robert Dyer
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead