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Headword:
*kleyu/dra
Adler number: kappa,1743
Translated headword: klepsydra, water-clock
Vetting Status: high
Translation: An astrological instrument, in which the hours are measured.[1]
Also a name of a courtesan.[2]
Also 'klepsydra' [is the name of an Athenian] lawcourt. Also a vessel, containing a very small opening near the base, which is placed in the courtroom when full of water; the orators used to time their speeches by it.[3]
klepsydroun: the court.[4]
Greek Original:*kleyu/dra: o)/rganon a)strologiko/n, e)n w(=| ai( w(=rai metrou=ntai. kai\ o)/noma e(tai/ras. kai\ dikasth/rion h( kleyu/dra. kai\ a)ggei=on, e)/xon mikrota/thn o)ph\n peri\ to\n puqme/na, o(/per e)n tw=| dikasthri/w| mesto\n u(/datos e)ti/qeto, pro\s o(\ e)/legon oi( r(h/tores. *kleyudrou=n, to\ dikasth/rion.
Notes:
See also
epsilon 1742.
[1] Likewise in
Photius kappa772, where Theodoridis (following Dindorf) favours the adjective 'astronomical' which other lexica have.
[2] Said to have earned her nickname by allocating time to her clients with such a clock:
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 13.567C-D [13.21 Kaibel].
[3] From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Acharnians 693 (cf. to
Wasps 93).
[4] This addendum to the entry is textually corrupt (Bernhardy); but see generally above.
Translated by: D. Graham J. Shipley on 23 November 2007@01:56:41.
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