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Headword:
Ὀθόναις
Adler number: omicron,79
Translated headword: with fine linens
Vetting Status: low
Translation: With light woven materials; and [sc. the term means] any thin [fabric], even if it is not made of flax.[1]
"For I/they also cut out with a sickle the rope through which the linen [sc. sail] is brought up onto the yardarm of the mast."[2] He is speaking of the ship's tackle.
Greek Original:Ὀθόναις: λεπτοῖς ὑφάσμασι: καὶ πᾶν τὸ ἰσχνόν, κἂν μὴ λινοῦν ᾖ. τήν τε γὰρ σχοῖνον, δι' ἧς ἡ ὀθόνη ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ ἱστοῦ ἀνάγεται κεραίαν, δρεπάνῳ ἐξέτεμον. τὸ ἄρμενον λέγει.
Notes:
[1] The headword (again
omicron 80) is here in the dative plural; similarly glossed in
Photius and other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 2 November 2009@03:41:01.
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