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Headword: Φάλαρα
Adler number: phi,42
Translated headword: bosses
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Frontlets, discs, the decoration on the forehead of horses.[1]
But in Herodotus [the headword means] coverings for the jaws.[2]
Greek Original:
Φάλαρα: τὰς προμετωπίδας, τοὺς ἀσπιδίσκους, τὴν κόσμησιν τὴν κατὰ τὸ μέτωπον τῶν ἵππων. παρὰ δὲ Ἡροδότῳ τὰ περὶ τὰς γνάθους σκεπάσματα.
Notes:
The headword is neuter plural; cf. under kappa 2219.
[1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 16.106, where the headword occurs (cheek-pieces of a man's helmet: web address 1); similar things in other lexica.
[2] Herodotus 1.215.2 (armor for horses: web address 2).
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1
Web address 2
Keywords: clothing; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; historiography; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 July 2009@04:11:39.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added links, set status) on 15 July 2009@22:21:19.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 17 July 2009@03:12:44.
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