Τριβακά
rubbed [things]
Translated by David Whitehead6 Feb 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] worn-out [ones]. "To seem to wear linen-cloths and rubbed [outer-garments would be] good."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τριβακά· κατατετριμμένα. ὀθόνια καὶ τριβακὰ φορεῖν δοκεῖν, ἀγαθόν.
Betacode
*tribaka/: katatetrimme/na. o)qo/nia kai\ tribaka\ forei=n dokei=n, a)gaqo/n.
Notes (1)
- The headword, neuter singular of this adjective, is presumably extracted from the quotation. (Its only other attested instances are in medical writers.)
- 1In summer: Artemidorus 2.3, where the noun
i(ma/tia is explicit. Foro)qo/nia cf. under alpha 1912, alpha 2238. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 7 Feb 2014
- expanded n. 1 — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead