Streptos: perideraios kosmos. ho de labomenos têi laiai tou streptou, hon dê chrusoun epheren amphi têi derêi. kai authis: strepton Bassarikou rhombon thiasoio muôpa.
The headword is an adjectival derivative (nominative singular masculine) of the verb
stre/fw ('turn', 'twist'). The initial lemma, illustrated in the first quotation, applies to a substantival use of the adjective: 'twisted [sc. ornament] = 'torc'. The second quotation illustrates an adjectival application of the word.
[1] cf. the
scholia to
Xenophon,
Anabasis 1.2.27 (where the phrase
strepto\n xrusou=n occurs).
[2]
Iamblichus,
Babyloniaca fr. 117 Habrich. The headword appears here in the genitive singular.
[3]
Greek Anthology 6.165.1 (
Phalaecus), a line also quoted at
beta 140,
theta 379, and
rho 223. The headword appears here in the accusative singular. See further extracts from this epigram, a dedication to Dionysus, at
alpha 1721,
alpha 4681,
beta 548,
theta 613,
iota 72,
kappa 2115,
kappa 2279, and
lambda 360. On the epigram's problematic attribution, see
alpha 1721 note.
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