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Headword: Ἐξεστεμμένοι
Adler number: epsilon,1659
Translated headword: crowned, garlanded
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Meaning adorned. For they are accustomed to use [the verb] στέφειν ["to crown"] instead of κοσμεῖν ["to adorn"]. But στέμμα ["wreath"] is the wool which is attached to the branch. Sophocles [writes]: "adorned with suppliant branches."
Greek Original:
Ἐξεστεμμένοι: ἀντὶ τοῦ κεκοσμημένοι. εἰώθασι γὰρ τῷ στέφειν χρῆσθαι ἀντὶ τοῦ κοσμεῖν. στέμμα δέ ἐστι τὸ προσειλημμένον ἔριον τῷ θαλλῷ. Σοφοκλῆς: ἱκτηρίοις κλάδοισιν ἐξεστεμμένοι.
Notes:
Perfect middle/passive participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb ἐκστέφω . Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 3 with scholion. See web address 1.
cf. epsilon 3001, iota 265.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 28 June 2007@01:30:11.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 28 June 2007@03:40:52.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 28 June 2007@14:09:02.
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