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Headword:
*xrwsth/r
Adler number: chi,549
Translated headword: colourer
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] that which colours.
In the Epigrams: "and the straight-edge ensuring a straight line for a lead colourer [i.e. pencil]."[1]
Greek Original:*xrwsth/r: o( xrwmati/zwn. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: kai\ moli/bw| xrwsth=ri kanw\n tu/pon o)rqo\n o)pa/zwn.
Note:
[1]
Greek Anthology 6.68.3 (Julian, prefect of Egypt), a retiring scribe dedicates his writing tools to Hermes. Scribes drew layout lines for manuscripts with a lead disk guided by a ruler; cf. Romano, et al. (web address 1). See another excerpt from this epigram at
gamma 252.
F.P. Romano, et al., "Layout of Ancient Greek Papyri Through Lead-drawn Ruling Lines Revealed By Macro X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging", Scientific Reports 13 (2023)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; poetry; religion; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 April 2008@20:36:02.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 6 April 2008@08:19:51.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 14 November 2013@03:32:33.
David Whitehead (coding) on 1 June 2016@06:21:09.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-reference, added keyword, added link) on 11 September 2023@23:38:30.
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