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Headword: Δᾴς
Adler number: delta,75
Translated headword: fire-brand
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A torch.[1]
"Bringing fire in fire-brands and twigs smeared with pitch they set fire to the ship."[2]
And again: "[They] set half-beams cast upon the extremely soft couches and beds adorned with some sort of woven web, which burst into flame from the fire-brands, and the hymn of the women singing was carried along with the derisive bridal chorus."[3]
Greek Original:
Δᾴς: λαμπάς. πῦρ τε ἐν δᾳσὶ καὶ φακέλους πίσσῃ κεχρισμένους κομίζοντες τὴν πλάτην ἀνάπτουσιν. καὶ αὖθις: τὰ ἡμίτομα ἐπὶ κλίναις βεβλημένα μάλα ἁβραῖς καὶ στρωμναῖς ὕφει τινὶ ὑπερηφάνῳ κεκοσμημέναις ἐπιθέντας, ὑπὸ δᾳσὶν ἐπακμαζούσαις τῷ πυρί, καὶ τὸν ὑμέναιον ᾀδουσῶν γυναικῶν, κομισθῆναι μετὰ χορείας γαμηλίου τε καὶ κερτόμου.
Notes:
[1] cf. delta 5.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable.
[3] Aelian fr. 53h Domingo-Forasté (50 Hercher): cf. alpha 73, kappa 1422, upsilon 290, upsilon 471, upsilon 716.
Keywords: definition; history; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 December 2003@15:57:03.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (rearranged notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics) on 11 December 2003@05:34:34.
Catharine Roth (updated reference) on 28 January 2012@18:59:25.
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