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Headword: Kistê
Adler number: kappa,1678
Translated headword: box
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning a] chest.[1]
"[...] and a many-eyed ink-holding box." In the Epigrams.[2]
And the plural [is] ki/stai.
Greek Original:
Kistê: hê thêkê. kai kistên poluôpa melandokon. en Epigrammasi. kai plêthuntikon kistai.
Notes:
See also kappa 1679.
[1] Same glossing, accoring to Adler, in the Laurentian Lexicon.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.65.9 (Paul the Silentiary), a retiring scribe dedicates writing instruments to Hermes. See also further extracts at omicron 124, tau 1027, and chi 60.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; poetry; religion; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 1 November 2008@00:49:31.
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David Whitehead (another keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 2 November 2008@04:13:43.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 25 February 2013@09:54:25.
David Whitehead on 1 May 2016@08:12:53.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 25 August 2019@01:17:09.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 16 April 2023@22:09:03.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added cross-references, added keyword) on 10 August 2023@12:38:39.
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