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Headword:
*ka/nhs
Adler number: kappa,307
Translated headword: reed-mat
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a rush-mat. And it is declined [in the genitive] ka/nhtos.
Greek Original:*ka/nhs: o( yi/aqos. kai\ kli/netai ka/nhtos.
Notes:
From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Wasps 394; cf.
alpha 4161.
The headword refers in general to a mat that 'Athenian women took with them when they went out' (LSJ). It is also used in the phrase
o( ka/nhs th=s koi/ths u(pere/xei in reference to 'those who make a show abroad with poverty at home' (LSJ). See
Crates fr. 12 Kock (14 Kassel-Austin) for the latter usage.
Translated by: Ryan Stone on 11 March 2008@23:36:28.
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