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Headword: Itus
Adler number: iota,755
Translated headword: rim, loop
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] perimeter of a shield.[1]
Xenophon [writes]: "but Callimachus, as he saw him going by, took hold of him by the [shield-]rim; and at this moment Aristonymus ran by them."[2]
And in the Epigrams: "and the bent loop of circular fish-hooks."[3]
Greek Original:
Itus: periphereia hoplou. Xenophôn: ho de Kallimachos, hôs horai auton parionta, epilambanetai autou tês ituos. en de toutôi parathei autous Aristônumos. kai en Epigrammasi: gurôn t' ankistrôn kampuloessan itun.
Notes:
[1] cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 5.724 (web address 1), as well as other lexica. See also iota 756, iota 757.
[2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.7.12 (web address 2).
[3] Greek Anthology 6.28.2 (Julian, prefect of Egypt); cf. iota 336. Further quotes from this epigram, a retiring fisherman's dedication to Hermes, are at alpha 2652, gamma 456, and epsilon 265.
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Translated by: Catharine Roth on 12 June 2006@12:39:35.
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David Whitehead (augmented keywords; cosmetics) on 13 June 2006@03:21:47.
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Ronald Allen (expanded n.3, added cross-reference, added keyword) on 3 September 2023@12:00:44.
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