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Headword: *glwsso/komon
Adler number: gamma,301
Translated headword: case, casket, chest
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning a] wooden repository of [= for] remains.[1]
"Festus the proconsul was sent into Asia, he to whom the imperial [treasure] chest was entrusted. He flourished in the time of Valens."[2]
Greek Original:
*glwsso/komon: qh/kh leiya/nwn culi/nh. o( de\ *fh=stos o( a)nqu/patos pe/mpetai e)s *)asi/an, o(\s th\n basilikh\n glw=ssan e)pepi/steuto. h)/kmazen e)pi\ tou\s xro/nous *ou)a/lentos.
Notes:
The etymology of the headword glwsso/komon is noted in LSJ s.v.: case to keep the reeds or tongues of musical instruments; nevertheless it also has a general sense, as exemplified here.
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica.
[2] Eunapius fr.39 FHG (4.29); see more fully at phi 279.
Keywords: biography; chronology; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; history; meter and music; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 31 July 2002@09:29:50.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 31 July 2002@10:26:25.
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