Ξόανον
carving, xoanon
Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝17 Feb 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] statue, image, figurine, portrait-statue.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ξόανον· ἄγαλμα, εἴδωλον, ζῴδιον, ἀνδριάς.
Betacode
*co/anon: a)/galma, ei)/dwlon, zw/|dion, a)ndria/s.
Notes
- This entry (also in other lexica; references at Photius xi36 Theodoridis) aims to give synomyms and equivalents for the neuter noun xoanon, cognate with the verb
ce/w (xi 53).
See LSJ s.v.: 'image carved of wood [...]; then, generally, image, statue, esp. of a god'. See also under delta 1187, epsiloniota 234, kappa 2260, mu 23, nu 384, omicron 798, omicroniota 124, rho 308, sigma 117.
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