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Headword:
*skutoto/mos
Adler number: sigma,727
Translated headword: shoemaker, hide-cutter
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] cobbler, thong-cutter.[1]
Aristophanes [writes]: "and of course we likened them all to shoemakers. But the assembly was marvelously white-filled to look at." He is speaking about women, because they were pale. Since shoemakers sit in the shade as they work and have been kept in the shade, he has said this.[2]
*skutoto/mos: skuteu/s, lwroto/mos. *)aristofa/nhs: kai\ dh=ta pa/ntas skutoto/mois ei)ka/zomen. a)ll' u(perfuw=s w(s leukoplhqh\s h)=n i)dei=n h( e)kklhsi/a. peri\ tw=n gunaikw=n le/gei, o(/ti h)=san leukai/. e)peidh\ oi( skutoto/moi e)n skia=| kaqezo/menoi e)rga/zontai kai\ ei)si\n e)skiatrafhme/noi, tou=to ei)/rhke.
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Keywords: clothing; comedy; constitution; daily life; definition; epic; ethics; gender and sexuality; imagery; politics; trade and manufacture; women; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 20 August 2007@09:32:29.
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