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Headword:
*)entomi/dai
Adler number: epsilon,1475
Translated headword: castrated animals; insects
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] those which are cut in their bodies. They are accustomed to do such things for the dead.[1] They they used to sacrifice castrated animals to the dead, as being sterile, but those with intact genitals to the gods.[2]
[sc. Insects are] such as a wasp, an ant, bees -- which do not breathe or have lungs.[3]
Greek Original:*)entomi/dai: oi( toi=s sw/masin e)ntemno/menoi. toiau=ta ei)w/qasi poiei=n e)pi\ toi=s nekroi=s. o(/ti toi=s nekroi=s ta\ e)/ntoma e)/quon tw=n tetrapo/dwn w(s a)/gona, ta\ de\ e)/norxa toi=s qeoi=s. oi(=on sfh/c, mu/rmhc, me/littai: a(\ ou)/te a)napnei= ou)/te pneu/mona e)/xei.
Notes:
This entry begins with the headword
entomidai (
entomides in other lexica) but switches midway to neuter
entoma, which allows in the insect topic.
cf. generally
epsilon 1474,
epsilon 1476.
[1] Same or similar material in other lexica.
[2] cf. the
scholia on Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica 1.587 (where the phrase
e)/ntoma mh/lwn, 'castrated rams', occurs);
Etymologicum Magnum 345.27. And see also
epsilon 1393.
[3]
Aristophanes of
Byzantium,
Epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals 3.2-3 Lambros.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 25 May 2007@01:10:44.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 25 May 2007@03:21:19.
David Whitehead (added primary note and more keywords; tweaking) on 30 August 2012@08:28:05.
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