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Headword: Ἀγγοπήνια
Adler number: alpha,298
Translated headword: angopenia
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The honeycombs of bees.[1]
That is, woven vessels; like χρυσεοπήνητα ["gold-woven"].[2]
Greek Original:
Ἀγγοπήνια: τὰ τῶν μελισσῶν κηρία. τουτέστιν ἀγγεῖα ὑφαντά: ὡς τὸ χρυσεοπήνητα.
Notes:
[1] This compound is attested only in the Suda and, with the same glossing phrase, Hesychius alpha397; LSJ entry at web address 1. The second element of the compound could be related to πῆνος "web" and πήνη "woof, bobbin-thread." The first part comes from άγγος "vessel."
[2] For this adjective (attested in e.g. Euripides, Orestes 840) see LSJ s.v.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: clothing; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; trade and manufacture; tragedy; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 2 February 2001@20:59:41.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 29 April 2002@06:54:04.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks) on 5 January 2012@09:10:25.
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