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Headword:
Asaminthos
Adler number: alpha,4123
Translated headword: bathtub
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a vat, a cauldron.
In which the ancients used to wash themselves; for there were no bath-houses.[1]
[It is derived] from lessening [minu/qein] dirt [a)/sh].[2]
Greek Original:Asaminthos: hê puelos, hê skaphê. en hais hoi archaioi elouonto: ouk êsan gar balaneia. para to tên asên minuthein.
Notes:
Similar material, variously, in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 10.576, where the accusative plural of the headword occurs.
cf.
beta 64.
[1] cf.
Artemidorus 1.64 (which more reasonably says 'those
very long ago').
[2] cf.
alphaiota 195,
mu 1098.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 12 December 2001@14:29:51.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added notes; cosmetics) on 13 December 2001@07:27:46.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics) on 24 April 2012@03:53:48.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 29 March 2015@23:51:20.
David Whitehead (expanded n.1; another keyword) on 30 March 2015@03:04:31.
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