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Headword:
Ψαλλομένης
Adler number: psi,12
Translated headword: being plucked
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Being pulled.[1]
Strictly speaking psallein is plucking the strings with the tips of the fingers.[2]
In the Epigrams: "and a red-daubed rope being plucked by a rod's tip."[3]
Greek Original:Ψαλλομένης: τιλλομένης. κυρίως δέ ἐστι ψάλλειν τὸ ἄκροις τοῖς δακτύλοις τῶν χορδῶν ἅπτεσθαι. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: μιλτοφυρῆ τε σχοῖνον ὑπ' ἀκρονύχῳ ψαλλομένην κανόνι.
Notes:
[1] The headword, evidently quoted from somewhere, is present middle/passive participle, feminine genitive singular, of
ψάλλω (cf.
psi 13).
[2] This definition should perhaps have appeared under
psi 9 (q.v.).
[3]
Greek Anthology 6.103.5-6; see already
mu 1071 and note 3 there.
Translated by: Nathan Greenberg on 20 May 2002@09:52:00.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 21 May 2002@03:57:26.
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 23 April 2010@06:59:33.
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