Ξανᾶν
to grow weary carding wool
Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝25 Feb 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
The tiring of women's wrists through the continuous working of wool.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ξανᾶν· πονεῖν τοὺς καρποὺς τὰς γυναῖκας τῶν χειρῶν διὰ συνεχῆ τῶν ἐρίων ἐργασίαν.
Betacode
*cana=n: ponei=n tou\s karpou\s ta\s gunai=kas tw=n xeirw=n dia\ sunexh= tw=n e)ri/wn e)rgasi/an.
Notes
- Same entry in Photius (xi9 Theodoridis); cf. Hesychius xi4 and Pollux 7.30.
A technically correct definition, as this verb,cana=n , derives from the commoner onecai/nein , to work with wool (etc.). In attested instances of it outside lexicography, however, it has a more general sense of being tired.
cf. xi 2 and xi 14, and see generally LSJ s.v. (web address 1).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history6 revisions · last 7 Dec 2020
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- augmented note and keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- cosmetic, to free up x-ref — David Whitehead
- added link — Catharine Roth
- added note — David Whitehead
- Revised — Shannon N. Byrne
- Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝