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Headword: Καθεῖσαι τὰς κόμας ἐθεοκλύτουν
Adler number: kappa,68
Translated headword: having let down their hair they called on the gods
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
['Having let down'] meaning having thrown down, having spread out. "Having let down that ancient hair of theirs [the old women] called on Sun and Justice."[1]
Greek Original:
Καθεῖσαι τὰς κόμας ἐθεοκλύτουν: ἀντὶ τοῦ καταβαλοῦσαι, ἐξαπλώσασαι. καθεῖσαι τὰς κόμας τὰς παλαιὰς ἐκείνας ἐκάλουν ἥλιόν τε καὶ δίκην.
Notes:
The headword is aorist active participle, in the feminine nominative plural, of the verb καθίημι (for which see also kappa 50, kappa 52, kappa 61, kappa 63, kappa 65, kappa 67).
The headword phrase is Aelian fr.231 Hercher; cf. iota 627, and generally Cassius Dio 42.11.2.
[1] Aelian fr.231 Hercher.
Keywords: clothing; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion; women
Translated by: Konstantinos Kopanias on 18 November 2005@06:58:36.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (restored pre-retranslation vetting status) on 18 November 2005@07:06:27.
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