Θῆκαι

caskets

Translated by Nicholas Wilshere25 Jun 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 31 words
[Meaning] coffins.1
"And because of a shortage of timbers they dug up the caskets of those who had been buried round about and used them for what needed to be done."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θῆκαι· αἱ σοροί. διὰ δὲ ξύλων ἀπορίαν τὰς θήκας τῶν πέριξ τεθαμμένων ἀνορύσσοντες ἐκείνοις ἐς τὰ ἀναγκαῖα ἐχρῶντο.

Betacode
*qh=kai: ai( soroi/. dia\ de\ cu/lwn a)pori/an ta\s qh/kas tw=n pe/ric teqamme/nwn a)noru/ssontes e)kei/nois e)s ta\ a)nagkai=a e)xrw=nto.

Notes (2)

  1. 1For the gloss see sigma 790. Similar glossing (of the same nominative plural headword) in Hesychius theta476; Latte there takes it to be generated by the accusative plural in Euripides, Hecuba 1147. ↩
  2. 2Quotation (also in ps-Zonaras theta1042) unidentifiable. ↩

Neighbouring entries

θ324Θηγάνηwhetstoneθ325Θήγοντεςhoningθ326Θῆκαιcasketsθ327Θηεῦντοthey were marvellingθ328Θηεῖσθαιto be admired
Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Jan 2013
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  3. added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Nicholas Wilshere

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