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Headword: Ψαλίδα
Adler number: psi,10
Translated headword: vault
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
What we call an ἁψίς ["arch"]. [Book] 12 of [sc. Plato's] Laws: "that an underground depository has been built for them, an oblong vault of precious stones."[1]
Greek Original:
Ψαλίδα: ἣν ἡμεῖς ἁψῖδα φαμέν. Νόμων ιβ#: θήκην δὲ ὑπὸ γῆν αὐτοῖς εἰργασμένην εἶναι ψαλίδα προμήκη λίθων πολυτίμων.
Notes:
The headword is in the accusative case, presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] Plato, Laws 947D.
Keywords: architecture; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; philosophy; science and technology
Translated by: William Hutton on 7 November 2003@17:42:27.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (supplied note; added a keyword; cosmetics) on 9 November 2003@05:08:24.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 9 November 2003@05:08:44.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword; cosmetics) on 23 April 2010@07:04:51.
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