Ὑπόβολον
foundation?, groundwork?
Translated by Ioannis Doukas12 Jun 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the toe.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπόβολον· τὸ δακτυλίδιον.
Betacode
*(upo/bolon: to\ daktuli/dion.
Notes
- A mysterious entry, where the sense of the gloss (cf. under zeta 187) is clearer than that of the headword. In other contexts the headword can mean security for a debt (e.g. Pollux 3.85, Photius s.v., and cf. LSJ s.v.
u(po/bolos , 'f[alsa] l[ectio] foru(pw/bolos ', mortgaged); but 'toe' as the gloss seems to require here a broader sense, drawing on the etymology ofu(poba/llw .
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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified headword, tr, note, keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas