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Headword: *tri/stomos
Adler number: tau,1009
Translated headword: three-mouthed, three-pointed
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Epithet of a spear.[1] "For to you are dear the cry of a Kastorian [hound] and the three-pointed spear."[2]
Greek Original:
*tri/stomos: e)pi/qeton ai)xmh=s. soi\ ga\r *kastori/dos u(laka\ kai\ tri/stomos ai)xmh\ eu)/ade.
Notes:
[1] Thus, one could say, a trident. LSJ entry at web address 1.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.167.3-4, Agathias Scholasticus (to Pan). Should be plural 'hounds', as at kappa 466. Find further excerpts from this epigram at epsilon 1658 and eta 48.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; geography; imagery; poetry; trade and manufacture; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 18 May 2011@09:04:48.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 22 May 2011@23:21:04.
David Whitehead (another note) on 23 May 2011@03:56:36.
Catharine Roth (raised status) on 24 May 2011@23:13:46.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 19 April 2019@23:50:58.
Ronald Allen (added cross-references n.2) on 1 September 2023@21:50:58.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation, added a link, after discussion with Ron Allen) on 4 September 2023@00:50:32.
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