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Headword:
*ko/mmata
Adler number: kappa,1985
Translated headword: kommata
Vetting Status: high
Translation: and kyrebia. Kyrebia are husks, whereas kommata seem to be certain portions either of the stalk or of the [parts] occurring in the ear, round the grain itself, or of the beards.
Greek Original:*ko/mmata kai\ *kurh/bia: ta\ me\n kurh/bia/ e)sti ta\ pi/tura, ta\ de\ ko/mmata e)/oike me/rh tina\ h)\ th=s kala/mhs, h)\ tw=n peri\ to\n si=ton au)to\n e)n tw=| sta/xui+ genome/nwn h)\ tw=n a)nqeri/kwn.
Note:
According to Harpokration s.v. (from which this entry derives), it was
Dinarchus (fr. XIX.5 Conomis) who had used these two agricultural terms, both neuter plurals.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 3 December 2000@09:42:30.
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