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Headword:
*)ala/bastron
Adler number: alpha,1051
Translated headword: alabastron, unguent-flask
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] vessel of [= for] unguent,[1] without handles, [made] of stone,[2] or a stone unguent-box.
Greek Original:*)ala/bastron: a)/ggos mu/rou mh\ e)/xon laba\s liqi/nou h)\ li/qinos muroqh/kh.
Notes:
Same or similar material in other lexica.
The earlier Attic form is
a)la/bastos (see
alpha 1050). Derivation:
a)- "not" and
labh/ "handle" (from
labei=n "take hold").
[1] For
mu/ron ('sweet oil, unguent, perfume': LSJ) cf.
mu 1449,
mu 1450,
mu 1452.
[2] In Adler's text this adjective is in the genitive case, i.e. agreeing with 'unguent'; it should obviously be accusative, agreeing with 'vessel' (as in ms. M and other lexica).
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 16 February 2001@22:14:03.
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