Ζειραί
seirai, caftans
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Apr 2004Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ζειραί· χιτῶνες ἀνακεκολαμμένοι, ἢ ἀνάκολοι. ἢ μίτρα. Ἡρόδοτος.
Betacode
*zeirai/: xitw=nes a)nakekolamme/noi, h)\ a)na/koloi. h)\ mi/tra. *(hro/dotos.
Notes (3)
- cf. also zeta 46.
- 1Likewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; and see also next note. ↩
- 2Entry thus far also in Photius' Lexicon, where the passage which has presumably generated it is quoted: Xenophon, Anabasis 7.4.4,
zeira\s me/xri tw=n podw=n e)pi\ tw=n i(/ppwn e)/xousin, a)ll' ou) xlamu/das . (It had already ben quoted in Harpokration zeta1 Keaney, the ultimate source for zeta 46.) ↩ - 3From glosses on Herodotus 7.69.1, where the accusative plural occurs (web address 1). For more of them see zeta 139. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ζ46Ζειράkaftan, zeiraOr "seira", as some [have it]. Alternatively some sort of garment, which they used to wear on top of their tunics, just like cloaks.
- ζ102Ζίρηςransomer(?), zires, zirinAnd it is declined zi/rh, in the Scythian language.
- ζ139Ζώνηbelt, girdle[Meaning] a purple cloak. Herodotus [sc. uses the word].
Neighbouring entries
Revision history7 revisions · last 24 Mar 2016
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- more notes — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; more keywords — David Whitehead
- fixed link — Catharine Roth
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- modified headword and translation; added another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth