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Headword: Αἰγανέα
Adler number: alphaiota,18
Translated headword: Hunting-spear
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A javelin [made] entirely of iron.[1]
In the Epigrams: "Teucer the Arab dedicated [to Pan] the skin of a lion ... and even his rustic hunting-spear."[2]
Greek Original:
Αἰγανέα: ἀκόντιον ὁλοσίδηρον. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: ἄνθετο δέρμα λέοντος Τεῦκρος Ἄραψ καὐτὴν ἀγρότιν αἰγανέαν.
Notes:
[1] Attic form of an epic word αἰγανέη . Cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.774; Etymologicum Magnum 28.30.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.57.3-4 (Paul the Silentiary); cf. alpha 369 (end), kappa 1144.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; military affairs; poetry; religion; science and technology; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 15 September 2002@15:59:39.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 16 September 2002@03:05:49.


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