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Headword:
Κότινος
Adler number: kappa,2159
Translated headword: kotinos, cotinus
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Wild-olive;[1] or a name of a plant.[2]
In the Epigrams: "and the [shepherd's] staff [made] out of wild-olive [wood], which that man formerly used often to throw whirling from his hand ..."[3]
Greek Original:Κότινος: ἀγριέλαιος: ἢ ὄνομα βοτάνης. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: καὶ τὰν ἐκ κοτίνοιο καλαύροπα, τάν ποτε τῆνος πολλάκι ῥομβητὰν ἐκ χειρὸς ἠκροβόλει.
Notes:
[1] Similarly glossed in other lexica; cf.
kappa 2161,
phi 138.
[2] cf. scholion on Gregory of Nazianzus,
Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.481.16.
[3]
Greek Anthology 6.106.3-4: of
Zonas, in Doric dialect, a dedication to
Pan.
Keywords: botany; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry; religion; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 5 February 2009@00:24:05.
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