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Headword:
*(ima/sqlhn
Adler number: iota,336
Translated headword: thong
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a whip.[1]
In the Epigrams: "[...] together with the oar-handle, the thong of the ship [...]."[2]
Greek Original:*(ima/sqlhn: ma/stiga. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: kw/phn q' a(/ma nho\s i(ma/sqlhn.
Notes:
[1] The headword is accusative singular of this feminine noun; cf. scholion on
Homer,
Iliad 8.43, where it occurs (web address 1); also in other lexica.
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.28.1 (Julian, prefect of Egypt); cf.
iota 755. The thong of a whip is the flexible, tapered strap that attaches to the rigid handle. The oar moves a becalmed boat, just as a whip goads a stubborn ox. See additional extracts from this epigram at
alpha 2652,
gamma 456, and
epsilon 265.
Web address 1
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Translated by: Catharine Roth on 15 April 2006@18:59:41.
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