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Headword:
Λάκισμα
Adler number: lambda,56
Translated headword: rent
Vetting Status: low
Translation: [A] tear.
" [...] they had found the chiton bloodstained and rent." Instead of torn.
Greek Original:Λάκισμα: σχίσμα. εὗρον τὸν χιτῶνα ᾑμαγμένον καὶ λελακισμένον. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐσχισμενόν.
Notes:
The headword is a neuter noun (cf.
lambda 57 for its plural); the quotation cites a closely related verb meaning "rend."
The phrase is found in
Josephus’ retelling of the story of the patriarch Joseph (from
Genesis 37.31) in
Antiquities of the Jews 2.36; Joseph’s brothers tell their father Jacob the story they have concocted after they have sold the boy into slavery (see web address 1).
For the patriarch Joseph see
iota 505; for a chiton see
chi 320.
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; clothing; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; religion
Translated by: Oliver Phillips on 18 June 2006@22:02:36.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (added link and keyword, set status) on 19 June 2006@11:16:56.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 19 June 2006@11:18:37.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 21 June 2006@03:34:55.
David Whitehead (corrected a reference) on 21 June 2006@07:08:17.
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