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Headword: *prosagw/gion
Adler number: pi,2587
Translated headword: square
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the craftsmen's tool, which they deploy when straightening crooked timbers.
Greek Original:
*prosagw/gion: to\ tw=n tekto/nwn o)/rganon, o(\ prosa/gontes eu)qu/nousi ta\ strebla\ cu/la.
Note:
From the scholia to Plato, Philebus 56B, where the headword occurs (see web address 1).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: botany; daily life; definition; philosophy; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 November 2003@06:29:50.
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Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 21 August 2004@16:04:46.
David Whitehead (cosmeticule) on 22 August 2004@04:39:36.
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