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Headword:
Ôkinakês
Adler number: omega,48
Translated headword: scimitar
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Not otherwise an Attic [form],[1] but
Herodotus says it thus, the okinake.[2]
Greek Original:Ôkinakês: oud' allôs Attikon, alla Hêrodotos houtôs legei, ton ôkinakên.
Notes:
[1] Adler applauds (without going so far as to adopt) Bekker's emendation of
ou)d' a)/llws here to
ou)damw=s, i.e. 'Not at all an Attic [form]'. Be that as it may, the point being made seems to be that the headword noun is un-Attic when it begins, as here, with omega and not the usual alpha. See generally
alpha 882.
[2]
Herodotus mentions scimitars several times (see esp. 7.54.2, with a definition), but nowhere do the mss reliably transmit the omega form.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; military affairs
Translated by: Stacie Raucci on 2 June 2000@17:55:57.
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