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Headword:
*(ri/nh
Adler number: rho,169
Translated headword: file, rasp
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the goldsmith's tool [of that name].[1]
In the Epigrams: "and a gold-scraping file, keen-biting".[2] And elsewhere: "and the grooved files".[3]
But r(i/nh [sc. is also] a name of a fish.[4]
Also [sc. attested is the related neuter noun] r(i/nhma ["filing"].[5]
Greek Original:*(ri/nh: to\ xrusoxoi+ko\n e)rgalei=on. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: r(i/nhn te knhsi/xruson, w)kudh/ktora. kai\ au)=qis: ai(/ te xaraktai\ r(i=nai. *(ri/nh de\ o)/noma i)xqu/os. kai\ *(ri/nhma.
Notes:
[1] LSJ s.v., I.
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.92.2 (Philip), the goldsmith Demophon dedicates his tools to Hermes, the patron of smiths; cf. Gow and Page (
Garland of Philip, vol. I, 304-307), (
Garland of Philip, vol. II, 339), and further excerpts from the same epigram at
alpha 4447 and
phi 330. Gow and Page note (ibid.) that the goldsmith typically uses a file for chasing and engraving.
[3]
Greek Anthology 6.205.2 (
Leonidas of
Tarentum), the retiring carpenter Leontichus dedicates the implements of his craft to Athena; cf. Gow and Page (
Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, 109); (
Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, 316-319); and other extracts from this epigram at
alpha 1748,
alpha 3875,
epsilon 3419,
pi 938,
tau 1102, and
chi 107.
[4] LSJ s.v., II.
[5] See e.g.
Euripides fr. 724 (dative plural).
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)
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: David Whitehead on 16 September 2010@05:49:43.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 16 September 2010@16:40:24.
David Whitehead (another note; another keyword) on 17 September 2010@03:11:12.
David Whitehead on 25 August 2011@09:12:13.
David Whitehead on 28 October 2013@08:37:46.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword; expanded n.3, added to bibliography, added cross-references) on 20 February 2021@13:21:47.
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