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Headword:
Κίστη
Adler number: kappa,1679
Translated headword: box, chest
Vetting Status: low
Translation: A container, in which foods have been put or certain garments.[1]
The tau [is] in place of theta; for [the word is] κίσθη .[2]
"But they had constructed rectangular boxes to hold men."[3]
Greek Original:Κίστη καὶ Κίστις: ἀγγεῖον, ἐν ᾧ τὰ βρώματα κεῖται ἢ ἱμάτιά τινα. τὸ τ ἀντὶ τοῦ θ: κίσθη γάρ. οἱ δὲ τετραγώνους κίστας ἐτεκτήναντο πρὸς ἀνδρῶν ὑποδοχήν.
Notes:
The headword is presented in two variant forms,
κίστη and
κίστις . For the former, see
kappa 1678; for the latter,
kappa 1680.
[1] Similarly glossed by
Photius, the
Synagoge,
Hesychius, and Apollonius the Sophist. See also
kappa 1578.
[2] The spelling
κίσθη is not elsewhere attested.
[3] Source unidentifiable.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 1 November 2008@00:50:51.
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