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Headword: *sa/garis
Adler number: sigma,15
Translated headword: sagaris
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A cutter, or an axe.
It is also called sa/gari without the "s."
Xenophon [writes]: "[Democrates] came leading a man seized by force, who had a Persian bow and a quiver and a sagaris, such as the Amazons have."
Greek Original:
*sa/garis: kopi/s, h)\ pe/lekus. le/getai kai\ sa/gari xwri\s tou= s. *cenofw=n: o( de\ a)/ndra sullabw\n h(=ken a)/gwn e)/xonta to/con *persiko\n kai\ fare/tran kai\ sa/garin, oi(=a/n per ai( *)amazo/nes e)/xousi.
Notes:
First attested in Herodotus 1.215.1 (a gloss on which provides the material here), on the Massagetai. The form sa/garis occurs most often in Xenophon; the passage quoted is Anabasis 4.4.16.
See also sigma 16.
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Translated by: Alex Gottesman on 11 November 2002@12:57:40.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, keywords) on 11 November 2002@23:37:32.
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