Τίλλοντες

[they] plucking

Translated by Catharine Roth12 Jan 2014Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 14 words
[Used] with an accusative.1
[Meaning they who are] pulling off the ears [of grain].2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τίλλοντες· αἰτιατικῇ. ἀνασπῶντες τοὺς στάχυας.

Betacode
*ti/llontes: ai)tiatikh=|. a)naspw=ntes tou\s sta/xuas.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword (quoted from the New Testament: see n. 2 below) is present active participle of ti/llw, masculine nominative plural.
  2. 1Also in syntactic lexica. ↩
  3. 2From commentary on Mark 2.23; cf. Hesychius s.v. ti/llei. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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