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Headword:
Κοτυλήρυτον
Adler number: kappa,2169
Translated headword: copious, flowing by the cupful, flowing by the handful
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Much, so that it can be drawn [aruesthai] in a cup/handful [kotulêi],[1] i.e. in something hollow.[2]
Greek Original:Κοτυλήρυτον: πολύ, ὥστε κοτύλῃ ἀρύεσθαι, ὅ ἐστι κοίλῳ τινί.
Notes:
[1] The same derivation is given in LSJ; the adjective occurs in
Homer,
Iliad 23.34, referrring to flowing blood. The definition appears in Aristonicus, Homeric Lexicon, and is repeated in the
scholia.
[2] Paraphrased from the Homeric
scholia: "A
κοτύλη is anything hollow, so they would also call the hollow of the hand a
κοτύλη ." On the
κοτύλη see
kappa 2166.
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 10 February 2009@06:49:16.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 10 February 2009@10:17:09.
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