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Headword: *deraiope/dh
Adler number: delta,253
Translated headword: collar
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the cord of a bird-trap. In the Epigrams: "Pigres [dedicated] this unbreakable collar for birds."[1] Another word for it is laimope/dh ["springe"].
Greek Original:
*deraiope/dh: to\ i)ceutiko\n li/non. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: ta/nde pethnw=n a)/rrhkton *pi/grhs ta/nde deraiope/dhn. le/getai de\ kai\ laimope/dhn.
Note:
[1] Greek Anthology 6.14.3-4 (Antipater of Sidon), three brothers dedicate their hunting implements to Pan; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 11); (vol. II, 34-35); and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 3972, alpha 4423, and omicron 548.
References:
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 27 July 2002@20:02:14.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 9 September 2002@06:54:57.
David Whitehead (more keywords; betacode and other cosmetics) on 19 June 2012@04:11:01.
David Whitehead on 11 October 2015@05:11:39.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references) on 20 October 2020@01:24:30.

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