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Headword: *deiraxqe/s
Adler number: delta,363
Translated headword: heavy on the neck
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] that which pains the neck. "A well-knit noose, heavy on the neck[s] of birds."[1]
Greek Original:
*deiraxqe/s: to\ th\n deirh\n a)lgu=non. deiraxqe\s e)u/+broxon a(/mma peteinw=n.
Notes:
The headword, neuter singular of this adjective, is extracted from the quotation given.
[1] Greek Anthology 6.179.3 (which has pethnw=n for the lexicon's peteinw=n). On this epigram, the dedications to Pan of three brothers who hunt or fish, attributed to Archias, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 402-403), (vol. II, 436), and another excerpt from this epigram at beta 271.
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)
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry; religion; trade and manufacture; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 September 2002@01:56:08.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 10 September 2002@04:52:09.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 6 April 2008@22:34:39.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords) on 20 June 2012@09:27:54.
David Whitehead on 25 August 2015@07:39:16.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-reference, added keyword) on 20 April 2023@13:08:26.

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