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Headword:
*sfura/
Adler number: sigma,1761
Translated headword: ankles
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] things pertaining to knucklebones.[1]
But [sc. differently-accented] sfu=ra ["hammer"] [is] a workman's tool.[2]
"[...] and a wood-splitting hammer [...]."[3]
Greek Original:*sfura/: ta\ peri\ tou\s a)straga/lous. *sfu=ra de\ to\ tektoniko\n e)rgalei=on. dourituph= te sfu=ran.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at
Photius sigma886 Theodoridis. The headword, neuter plural, comes from
Homer,
Iliad 4.147.
[2] cf.
Hesychius sigma2934.
[3]
Greek Anthology 6.103.1-2 (Philip), a retiring carpenter's dedication to Athena; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 308-309), (vol. II, 342-343), and further extracts from this epigram at
alpha 3875,
mu 1071,
pi 2298,
sigma 988, and
psi 12. Although Gow and Page identify (vol. II, 342) the tool here as a double-headed hammer, Blümner observes (194-195) that
sfu=ra is the most general term for a hammer, applying to a wide variety of pounding and trimming implements.
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
H. Blümner, Technologie und Terminologie der Gewerbe und Künste bei Griechen und Römern, vol. II, (Leipzig, 1879)
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Translated by: David Whitehead on 3 June 2014@04:44:07.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (coding, status) on 3 June 2014@10:38:09.
David Whitehead (expanded n. 1) on 4 June 2014@03:09:24.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 7 June 2022@00:44:01.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword) on 20 December 2022@13:38:29.
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