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Headword:
*)akwdw/niston
Adler number: alpha,947
Translated headword: unbelled
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning [something] untried, untested; for 'to bell' is to put to the test. It is derived from those who go around and use bells to test whether those who are stationed at the watchposts are awake. Some commentators say the word is derived from quails.[1]
Greek Original:*)akwdw/niston: a)nti\ tou= a)pei/raston, a)basa/niston: kwdwni/sai ga\r to\ diapeiraqh=nai. meth=ktai de\ a)po\ tw=n peripolou/ntwn kai\ kw/dwsi diapeirwme/nwn, ei) e)grhgo/rasin oi( e)pi\ tai=s fulakai=s tetagme/noi. oi( de\ u(pomnhmatistai\ a)po\ tw=n o)rtu/gwn fasi\ meth=xqai th\n le/cin.
Notes:
See also
delta 907,
epsilon 546,
kappa 1257.
[1] The
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Lysistrata 485 (where, uniquely, this neuter singular adjective appears) elucidate: quails that could tolerate the sound of a bell would be good fighting birds. But other explanations were proffered besides the two given here: testing horses, testing fired pottery, and (cf.
Frogs 723) testing money.
Translated by: William Hutton on 23 April 2001@00:22:50.
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