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Headword: Βαλανάγρα
Adler number: beta,61
Translated headword: Bolt hook
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A key, [the word deriving] from hooking [agruein] the bolt [balanos]. A bolt is the iron for the bar, which we call a magganon ["door-pin"]. Also balanoi ["bolt"], the pins of the fastening. Also bebalanôtai ["it has been bolted"], meaning it has been fastened.
Greek Original:
Βαλανάγρα: ἡ κλείς, παρὰ τὸ ἀγρεύειν τὴν βάλανον. βάλανος δέ ἐστι τὸ εἰς τὸν μοχλὸν σιδήριον, ὃ καλοῦμεν μάγγανον. καὶ βάλανοι, τὰ μάγγανα τῆς κλειδώσεως. καὶ βεβαλάνωται, ἀντὶ τοῦ κεκλείδωται.
Note:
From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 155, where the word "bolt" appears. Similar material appears in other scholia (e.g. to Thucydides 2.4.3 and to Aristophanes, Birds 1159).
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 14 April 2002@10:58:06.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added note and keyword) on 15 April 2002@03:08:10.
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