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Headword: *(ro/mbon
Adler number: rho,222
Translated headword: whirling, whirrer, roundel
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] motion, or a roller.[1]
In the Epigrams: "trapping the roundel of tunnies with flax-nets of well spun linen in the grayish approaches of the sea."[2]
Also attested is a 'rhombus-shaped' [military] formation, and the iron part of a warship.[3]
Greek Original:
*(ro/mbon: ki/nhsin, h)\ ku/lindron. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: qu/nnon eu)klw/stoio li/nou bussw/masi r(o/mbon fra/cantes, glaukai=s e)n paro/dois pela/geus. kai\ *(rombw/dhs para/tacis le/getai, kai\ th=s nho\s to\ polemiko\n sidh/rion.
Notes:
The headword is in the accusative case, evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps, though not necessarily, the quotation given).
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius rho153 Theodoridis. For 'motion' cf. already rho 221. For 'cylinder' see again under rho 223.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.33.3-4 (Maikios/Maecius/Maccius), a dedication by fishermen to Priapus; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 280-283; and vol. II, 313) and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1032, alpha 4532, beta 597, pi 2275, sigma 22, and phi 258.
[3] Material (lacking, Adler reports, in mss APV) from epsilon 953.
References:
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)
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Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 September 2010@07:04:01.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 22 September 2010@15:17:27.
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Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords) on 27 November 2018@23:38:22.
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