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Headword:
*eu)speirh=
Adler number: epsilon,3743
Translated headword: well-turned
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] finely coiled-up.[1] "And the well-turned snake, golden ornament of the slender ankles."[2]
Greek Original:*eu)speirh=: kalw=s sunespeirame/non. to\n eu)speirh= de\ dra/konta, xru/seion r(adinw=n ko/smon e)pisfuri/wn.
Notes:
Same entry in ps.-
Zonaras.
[1] The headword is accusative singular of this adjective, presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.206.7-8 (Antipater of Sidon), five young women dedicate clothing and personal items to Aphrodite; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 13); (vol. II, 38-39); and further extracts at
alpha 4004,
beta 310,
theta 30, and
kappa 1273.
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
Keywords: clothing; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry; religion; trade and manufacture; women; zoology
Translated by: Matthew Farmer on 30 January 2008@13:34:35.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 31 January 2008@04:18:25.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 15 November 2012@03:26:37.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 16 March 2016@04:05:42.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword) on 2 June 2021@11:34:05.
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