Θρίναξ
trident
Translated by Ryan Stone1 Mar 2008Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θρίναξ· τὸ πτύον. ὄργανον γεωργικὸν ὀδοντικόν. καὶ παλιουρόφορον χεῖρα θέρευς θρίνακα.
Betacode
*qri/nac: to\ ptu/on. o)/rganon gewrgiko\n o)dontiko/n. kai\ paliouro/foron xei=ra qe/reus qri/naka.
Notes (3)
- See theta 499 for the headword as an uppercase toponym.
- 1cf. Hesychius theta756. ↩
- 2Likewise in Photius (Lexicon theta229 Theodoridis) and other lexica. ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 6.95.4 (Antiphilus), a retiring plowman dedicates his tools to Demeter; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (100-101); vol. II (126-127); and this epigram's further excerpts at gamma 54, mu 1430, pi 1535, and pi 1842. The
qri/nac was a three-pronged pitchfork used for tossing ears of threshed grain against the wind so as to separate off the dried husks; cf. Gow and Page vol. II (126) and Blümner (9-10). ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
H. Blümner, Technologie und Terminologie der Gewerbe und Künste bei Griechen und Römern, vol. I, (Leipzig, 1875)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
H. Blümner, Technologie und Terminologie der Gewerbe und Künste bei Griechen und Römern, vol. I, (Leipzig, 1875)
Linked from5 entries
- γ54Γαμψόνcrooked[Meaning something that is] bending/bent. "And a crooked fish-hook bound to horse hairs, a hidden snare for fishes." In the Epigrams: "and a crooked sickle, corn-cutting tool of the field." And again: "curved…
- θ499ΘρίναξThrinax[A name for] Sicily.
- π1535Πήραpouch[Meaning a] bag, case. "And a pouch, grain-receptacle of a measure for sowing." Also [sc. attested is the diminutive] phri/dion ["little pouch"]. And Aristophanes [writes]: "Telephos [lives] out of a little pouch." This…
- π1842Ποδεῶναςragged ends, shoes (?)An agricultural kind [of thing]. "And the plowman Parmis dedicated [his] worn-out shoes to Deo [= Demeter], having ceased from wearisome toils."
- τ994Τρίναξthree-pronger, three-pronged mattockA farmer's tool. In the Epigrams: "and wooden three-prongers, hands of plough-labourers."
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- added to bibliography n.3 — Ronald Allen
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- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation and notes, added keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ryan Stone