Ταλασήϊον ἔργον
work of wool-spinning
Translated by Catharine Roth25 Oct 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] wool-working.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ταλασήϊον ἔργον· ἡ ἐριουργία.
Betacode
*talash/i+on e)/rgon: h( e)riourgi/a.
Notes
- As Adler notes, the headword phrase (in the neuter) is found at Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.292, as a metrically convenient periphrasis for
talasi/a (cf. tau 43).
Linked from2 entries
- τ43Ταλασίανwool-spinning[Meaning] wool-working. Also [sc. attested is] 'wool-spinner', [meaning a] wool-worker.
- τ44Ταλασιουργίαwool-spinning[Meaning] the working of wools. "But he tried to make his daughters wool-spinners and women working for daily hire." And elsewhere: "it not being unseemly to the natives, that the menfolk spin wool among them."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Jun 2022
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth