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Headword:
*kouro/sunon
Adler number: kappa,2191
Translated headword: youthful [hair]
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] that which is sacrificed on the occasion of cutting the hair.[1]
In the Epigrams: "with a lovely cicada, Christheneos [dedicated] this lock of youthful hair."[2]
Greek Original:*kouro/sunon: to\ u(pe\r th=s koura=s quo/menon. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: kalw=| su\n te/ttigi *xrisqe/neos tri/xa th/nde kouro/sunon.
Notes:
cf. generally
kappa 2179,
kappa 2180,
kappa 2181,
kappa 2184.
[1] The headword is neuter singular of the rare adjective
kouro/sunos. LSJ s.v. say "wrongly explained" here in the Suda, but cf. Gregory of Nazianzus,
In sanctum baptisma PG 36.360b.
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.156.1-2 (
Theodoridas), where the name is Charistheneos. On cicada hair-ornaments, see
kappa 1349,
kappa 2488,
tau 377,
tau 378. Find further extracts from this epigram at
chi 214 and
pi 2162.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 9 February 2009@16:36:49.
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