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Headword:
*ka/xlhkes
Adler number: kappa,1154
Translated headword: pebbles; gravel
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] little stones in the water.[1]
"He used to choose as much of the gravel that was being brought in for the foundations [...]".[2]
Also [sc. attested is the singular] ka/xlhc, [meaning] a kind of insect.[3]
Greek Original:*ka/xlhkes: li/qakes e)n toi=s u(/dasin. h(|rei=to de\ o(po/son ka/xlhkos tou= e)mferome/nou toi=s e)da/fesi. kai\ *ka/xlhc, ei)=dos zwu+fi/ou tino/s.
Notes:
[1] The noun
ka/xlhc refers both to pebbles and to gravel (LSJ s.v.) For this gloss cf. the
scholia to
Thucydides 4.26.1.
[2] Quotation (possibly derived from
Josephus) already at
eta 501: see the note there.
[3] Sense not attested elsewhere.
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 14 October 2008@09:15:37.
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