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1 τάλαντον
τᾰλαντ-ον, τό,A balance,Ζεὺς.. τὸ τ. ἐπιρρέπει ἄλλοτε ἄλλως Thgn.157
;ζυγὸν ταλάντου A.Supp. 823
(lyr.);ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται Ar.Ra. 797
: in this sense used by Hom. only in pl., pair of scales,ἔχον ὥς τε τάλαντα γυνή.., ἥ τε σταθμὸν ἔχουσα καὶ εἴριον ἀμφὶς ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσα Il.12.433
; esp. of the scales in which Zeus weighed the fortunes of men, χρύσεια πατὴρ ἐτίταινε τ. 8.69, 22.209; γνῶ γὰρ Διὸς ἱρὰ τ. 16.658; ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τ. Ζεύς, i.e. when he decides the issue of battle, 19.223;τ. βρίσας οὐκ ἰσορρόπῳ τύχῃ A.Pers. 346
; of the scales of justice,δίκης κατέκειτο τάλαντα h.Merc. 324
, cf. AP6.267.4 (Diotim.): so in sg.,δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον B.17.25
.II anything weighed,1 a definite weight, talent, in Hom. always of gold,δέκα χρυσοῖς τάλαντα Il.9.122
; δύω χρ. τ. 18.507; δέκα πάντα τ. ten in all, 19.247, 24.232; χρυσοῦ.. εὐεργέος ἑπτὰ τ. Od.9.202;χρυσοῖο τάλαντον.. τιμήεντος 8.393
: from the order of the prizes in Il.23.262 sq. and other passages its weight was probably not great, cf. Arist.Fr. 164.2 in post-Hom. writers, the τάλαντον was both a commercial weight (differing in different systems), and also the sum of money represented by the corresponding weight of gold or silver; τοῖσι μὲν (of the subjects of Darius) ἀργύριον ἀπαγινέουσι εἴρητο Βαβυλώνιον σταθμὸν τ. ἀπαγινέειν, τοῖσι δὲ χρυσίον ἀπαγινέουσι Εὐβοϊκόν· τὸ δὲ Βαβυλώνιον τ. δύναται Εὐβοΐδας ( ὀκτὼ καὶ add. Reiz)ἑβδομήκοντα μνέας Hdt.3.89
; τ. Ἀττικόν, Αἰγιναῖον, etc., Poll.9.86;ἐποίησε [ὁ Σόλων] σταθμὰ πρὸς τὸ νόμισμα τρεῖς καὶ ἑξήκοντα μνᾶς τὸ τ. ἀγούσας Arist.Ath.10.2
.a of money,τ. ἀργυρίου Hdt.7.28
, cf. X.HG3.5.1, etc.;χίλια τ. νομίσματος Aeschin.2.174
; μνᾶ ἀπὸ τοῦ τ. IG12.220.7, cf. 92.37, al.b of weight, τὸ τ. τὸ ἐμπορικόν ib.22.1013.35; used in weighing lead, ib.12.374.287, 42(1).103.131 (Epid., iv B.C.), PMich.Zen.9.4 (iii B.C.); iron, PCair.Zen.144.6 (iii B.C.), CPHerm.p.77 (iii A.D.); cloth, PMich.Zen.120.8 (iii B.C.), etc.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > τάλαντον
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2 λελεπιδωμένα
λεπιδόομαιto be covered with scales: perf part mp neut nom /voc /acc plλελεπιδωμένᾱ, λεπιδόομαιto be covered with scales: perf part mp fem nom /voc /acc dualλελεπιδωμένᾱ, λεπιδόομαιto be covered with scales: perf part mp fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic) -
3 λεπιδοειδή
λεπιδοειδήςlike scales: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)λεπιδοειδήςlike scales: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)λεπιδοειδήςlike scales: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric) -
4 λεπιδοειδῆ
λεπιδοειδήςlike scales: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)λεπιδοειδήςlike scales: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)λεπιδοειδήςlike scales: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric) -
5 φολιδωτά
φολιδωτόςclad in scales: neut nom /voc /acc plφολιδωτά̱, φολιδωτόςclad in scales: fem nom /voc /acc dualφολιδωτά̱, φολιδωτόςclad in scales: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic) -
6 πλάστιγξ
πλάστιγξ, - ιγγοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `scales' (Att.), also `disk of the kottabos-standard' (Critias, Hermipp.), metaph. `oystershell' (Opp.), `horsecollar' (which hangs from the wood of the yoke like the scales from the weighbridge; E. Rh. 303), also (in plur.) `surgical splints' (Hippiatr.).Other forms: πλήστιγγες pl. `id.' (Hp. ap. Gal. 19, 131).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation in - ιγγ- (Chantraine Form. 398ff., Schwyzer 498) from an unknown noun. As the designation of the scales (weighing-machine) and the Kottabosdisk is prob. to be derived from the flat form of it, one connects the root pelā- `broaden' (s. πλάξ). The nearest basis may be a noun *πλαστ(ο)-, which may stand for *πλατ-τ(ο)- (cf. on πλάτη), or for *πλαθ-τ(ο)- (s. πλάσσω). The usu. called "Ion." form πλήστιγ-γες which occurs once only, occurs only in a not quite clear specific meaning, can, if no derailment, represent a form πλᾱ-. -- On the debated πλάστιγξ A. Ch. 290 (for μάστιγξ?) s. Gentili Stud. itfilcl. N. S. 21, 105ff. -- Again, the form πλαθ- cannot be explained from IE; the suffix shows that he word is Pre-Greek (not in Furnée).Page in Frisk: 2,552Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > πλάστιγξ
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7 ῥέπω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `to decline, to descend', esp. of the balance (scales), `to sway down, to turn out, to gain the upper hand', w. prefix also trans. `to lower, to let tilt' (Il.).Derivatives: 1. ῥοπή f. `lowering, tilting (of the scales), swing' (Alc., IA.), to which a.o. ἀντί-ρροπος `equipoising, counterweighing', also connected with ῥέπω (Att.), with ἀντιρροπ-ίη (v. l. -ή) f. `counterweight' (Hp.). 2. περί-ρρεψις f. `tilting' (Hp.). 3. ῥόπαλον n. `bludgeon, mace' (Il.) [but Chantraine, Form. 246 calls connection with ῥέπω doubtful; I think that the word is rather Pre-Greek]with ῥοπάλ-ιον n. (hell. inscr. a. pap.), - ωτός `equipped with a club-like rounding' (D. C.), - ώδης `(pulsing) like a club', of the pulse, - ωσις f. des. of a hairdisease (medic.), - ικός `club-like', as des. of a verse (gramm.), - ίζει στρέφει, κινεῖ ὡς ῥόπαλον H. with - ισμοί pl. (Ar. Lys.); on the meaning of ῥόπαλον cf. below. 4. ῥόπτρον n. `the wood in a trap, knocker, ring at the door, tamboutine' (Archil., Att.); with dissim. ῥόπτον meaning unclear (Epid. IVa), - τίον κλειδίον H. 5. περι-, ἐπι-, κατα-ρρεπής `tilting etc.' (IA.), ἑτερο-ρρεπής prop. "tilting to (one or) the other side", `indecisive, unbiased' (A. in lyr., Hp.). 6. ῥεπτικός `tilting' ( Stoik.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Beside the full grade root-present ῥέπω one assumes as zero grade ῥάπτω, ῥαπίζω (IE *u̯rep-: u̯r̥p-?), also with lengthened grade ῥώψ, but see s.v. As the main semantic denominator one posits `turn (together), wind, bend', but it is impossible to indicate in every case the connections. For ῥέπω one would like to assume a meaning `bow (away) from the straight position, divert', first of the scales. A basic meaning `turn', from where `throw' (cf. Lat. torqueō `turn, throw') one wanted to find in ῥόπαλον, ῥόπτρον (cf. WP. 1, 276 with Curtius a.o.); for the in that case to be assumed meaning `throwing stick' (cf. καλαῦροψ) there is however not the slightest indication. A direct connection with ῥαπίζω, ῥαπίς (prop. `rod, staff'; Persson Beitr. 1, 499) lies formally farther than direct connection with ῥέπω, ῥοπή. So ῥόπαλον prop. "the (for the blow) lowered, falling down (club)" like ῥόπτρον of the wood falling down ? Cf. ξύλον καθῆκε (E. HF 993) of the on the head of a boy downcoming club of Heracles. -- Cf. ῥέμβομαι w. references.Page in Frisk: 2,649-650Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ῥέπω
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8 λεπίς
λεπίς, ίδος, ἡ (λέπω ‘to peel’; a thin layer that covers someth., such as ‘scales’ of fish, Hdt. et al.; Michel 833, 11 [279 B.C.]; BGU 544, 8; PGM 4, 258 al.; LXX; TestJob 43:8; Philo; Jos., Ant. 3, 149) ‘scale’.① flattened plate covering the skin of marine creatures, scales, a collective B 10:1 (cp. Lev 11:9ff; Dt 14:9f; TestJob 43:8 λεπίδας τοῦ δράκοντος).② a thin flaky piece, scale in a simile ἀπέπεσαν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὡς λεπίδες someth. like scales fell fr. his eyes, i.e. he suddenly regained his sight Ac 9:18. For the expr. cp. Galen: CMG V 4, 1, 1 p. 77, 3 οἷον λεπὶς ἀπέπιπτε=‘someth. like a scale fell off ’ (other exx. in Hobart 39). On the figure cp. Tob 11:12.—DELG s.v. λέπω A 1. M-M. TW. Spicq. -
9 λεπιδοειδείς
λεπιδοειδήςlike scales: masc /fem acc plλεπιδοειδήςlike scales: masc /fem nom /voc pl (attic epic) -
10 λεπιδοειδεῖς
λεπιδοειδήςlike scales: masc /fem acc plλεπιδοειδήςlike scales: masc /fem nom /voc pl (attic epic) -
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13 φολιδωτόν
φολιδωτόςclad in scales: masc acc sgφολιδωτόςclad in scales: neut nom /voc /acc sg -
14 στάθμιον
-ου τό N 2 6-1-4-4-1=16 Lv 19,35.36; 27,25; Dt 25,13(bis)(standard) weight, small stone (for balance, for scales) Lv 19,35; plummet 2 Kgs 21,13ζυγὸν σταθμίων pair of scales Ez 5,1 Cf. WEVERS 1995, 396 -
15 λεπιδωτός
2 θώρηξ λ. a cuirass covered with scales, Hdt.9.22, cf. D.C.78.37.II as Subst. λ., ὁ, a fish of the Nile with large scales, Hdt.2.72; = κυπρῖνος, Dorio ap. Ath.7.309b. (Prob. Cyprinus bynni.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > λεπιδωτός
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A clad in scales, of reptiles, opp. λεπιδωτός (of fishes), Arist.PA 692b11, cf. HA 490b24, al.; also of the signs Scorpio and Pisces, Heph.Astr.1.1; θώραξ φ. a coat of mail of small metal plates overlapping one another, scale-armour, Posidipp.26.8, Arr.Tact.3.5 (pl.);φ. χιτών Hld.9.15
, v. l. for στολιδ- in X.Cyr.6.4.2;φ. φιάλη
ornamented with a pattern of scales,Inscr.Délos
1414aii 20, cf. 1416 A i 100 (ii B. C.); παροψίδες, ὀξύβαφα, BGU 781 i6, ii14 (i A. D.); also of the catkins of the filbert,μόρια φ.
imbricated,Thphr.
HP3.5.6.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > φολιδωτός
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17 χιτών
χῐτών, in [dialect] Ion.Prose [full] κῐθών, ῶνος, ὁ (also prob. in Sammelb. 4291), [dialect] Dor. [full] κῐτών (q. v.):—A garment worn next the skin, tunic.I in early times, only of a man's tunic (the woman's being πέπλος, Sch.BT Il.2.42),χιτῶνα περὶ χροΐ δῦνεν Od.15.60
;κιθῶνας ὑποδύνειν τοῖσι εἵμασι Hdt.1.155
: sts. with a girdle, Od.14.72;τερμιόεις 19.242
, Hes.Op. 537; μαλακός, ἐΰννητος, Od.1.437, Il.24.580; [χ.] λαμπρός.. ἠέλιος ὥς Od.19.234
;χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε 14.132
, 154;οἱ δ' ἀροτῆρες ἤρεικον χθόνα δῖαν ἐπιστολάδην δὲ χιτῶνας ἐστάλατ' Hes.Sc. 287
.2 later worn also by women, ;σύροισα χιτῶνα Theoc.2.73
; the Ionian sleeved χ. was distd. fr the Dorian, fastened withπερόναι, μετέβαλον [αἱ τῶν Ἀθηναίων γυναῖκες] ἐς τὸν λίνεον κ. ἵνα δὴ περόνῃσι μὴ χρέωνται Hdt. 5.87
;οἱ πρεσβύτεροι [τῶν Ἀθηναίων] οὐ πολὺς χρόνος ἐπειδὴ χιτῶνας λινοῦς ἐπαύσαντο φοροῦντες Th.1.6
, cf. Eust.954.50; χ. ποδήρης, ὀρθοστάδιος, στατός (v. sub vocc.); κιθὼν ποδηνεκής, worn by Babylonians, Hdt.1.195; κιθῶνες λίνεοι περὶ τὰ σκέλεα θυσανωτοί, worn by Egyptians, Id.2.81; κιθῶνες εἰρίνεοι, worn by Cilicians, Id.7.91; dub. in E.IT 288(pl.).II coat of mail, prob. of leather covered with scales or rings,στρεπτὸς χ. Il.5.113
;χ. χάλκεος 13.439
; κιθῶνες χειριδωτοὶ λεπίδος σιδηρέης coats of iron scales with sleeves, Hdt.7.61 (s. v.l.): but distd. fr.θώρηξ Id.9.22
, cf. X.Cyr.6.4.1.IV metaph., any coat, case, or covering, λάϊνος χιτών (v. λάϊνος) τειχέων κιθῶνες, i. e. walls, Hdt.7.139; in Anatomy, coat, membrane,τὸν ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν χ. Hp.VM19
, cf. Aph.7.45, Epicur. Nat.2.993.1;ὁ.. χ. τῆς καρδίας Arist.Resp. 480a4
; χ. ὑμενώδης, ἀραχνιώδης, Id.PA 679a1, HA 557b16; τοῦ ᾠοῦ οἱ χ. οἱ περιέχοντες ib. 561a14; of foetal membranes, Sor.1.7,58, al.; τριγλοφόροι χιτῶνες, of fishing-nets, AP6.11 (Satyr.); χιτῶνες ἀραχνίων spiders' webs, Hp.Int.3: pl., pods or coats of seeds, bulbous roots, etc., Thphr. HP1.12.3, 8.4.1, CP1.4.1, al. -
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19 λέπω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `peel (off)' (Il.)Other forms: aor. λέψαι, fut. λέψω (Il.), perf. midd. ἀπο-λέλεμμαι (Epich.), aor. pass. ἀπελέπη ἀπελεπίσθη H.; also with ablaut λέλαμμαι (Att. inscr. around 330a), ἐκ-λαπῆναι (Ar. Fr. 164),Dialectal forms: Myc. repoto \/leptos\/.Derivatives: Many derivv. A. With ε-grade (from the present): 1. λεπτός (cf. στρεπ-τός a.o. in Ammann Μνήμης χάριν 1,17) `peeled' = `unveiled' (Υ 497), `thin, meager, weak, fine, delicate' (Il., often as 1. member. Poet. lengthened λεπτ-αλέος `weak, fine' (Il.; Chantraine Form. 255), λεπτ-ακινός'id.' (AP; from *λέπταξ ?, Bechtel Lex. s. φυζακινός); further λεπτίον `beaker' (pap.) from λεπτόν (sc. κεράμιον) `thin earthenware' (pap.), λεπτάγιον kind of vase? ( PHib. 1, 47, 13; IIIa; acc. to the edd. perh. = λεπτόγειον `barren land'), λεπτάριον name of a medic. instrument (Herm. 38, 282); λεπτίτιδες κριθαί kind of barley (Gp.; Redard Les noms grecs en - της 113); λεπτότης f. `thinness, leanness etc.' (IA.), λεπτοσύνη `id.' (AP); λεπτύνω, - ομαι `make thin etc. resp. become' (Hp., X., Arist.) with λεπτυσμός, λέπτυνσις (Hp.), - υντικός (Dsc., Gal.). - 2. λεπρός `scaly, with eruption, uneven, raw' (Hp., Hippon., hell.), f. λεπράς (Theoc., Opp.); λέπρα, ion. - ρη `efflorescence, leprosy' (Ion., Arist., hell.), both prob. first from an ρ-stem (cf. Schwyzer 481); with λεπρώδης `with unevennesses, leprous' (Ael., Dsc., medic.), λεπρικός `regarding efflorescence' (Dsc., pap.); denomin. verbs λεπράω `become scaly, efflorescent' (Ion.), also λεπρ-ιάω (Dsc.; after the verbs of disease in - ιάω); λεπρόομαι `become efflorescent' (LXX, pap.) with λέπρωσις = λέπρα (Tz.), λεπρύνομαι `besome scaly, uneven' (Nic.). - 3. λέπος n. (Alex., Nic., Luc.) with λέπιον (Hp.), usu. λεπίς, - ίδος f. (Ion. hell.) `scale, shell, pod, metal plate' with dimin. λεπίδιον (Hero), also as plant-name `pepperwort' (Dsc., Gal., Ath.; as remedy against efflorescence), λεπιδίσκη `id.' (Imbros IIa); further λεπιδ-ωτός `scaly' (Hdt., Arist.), with λεπιδόομαι `become scaly' (Hp.); other denomin.: λεπίζω (: λέπος or λεπίς) `remove the scale etc., peel off' (hell.) with λέπισμα `scale' (LXX, Dsc., Gal.); ἐλέπουν οἷον ἐλέπιζον. H. (: λεπόω, - έω); note λέπασμα `pod, skin' (sch. Nic. Th. 184); rather lengthened from λέπος as from *λεπάζω. - 4. On λεπάς, λέπας s. v. - 5. λέπῡρον `scale, pod' (LXX, Batr.) with λεπυρώδης `like scales' (Thphr.); λεπύρ-ιον `id.' (Hp., Arist., Theoc.), - ιώδης `like scales, consisting of...' (Arist., Thphr.), λεπυρίζομαι `be enveloped by a scale' (sch.), λεπυριῶσαι ἐξαχυριῶσαι H.; besides λεπῠρός `in a scale' (Nic.); on the υ-stem beside λέπρ-α, λέπος cf. e. g. αἶσχος. On itself stands λεπύχανον `coat (of an onion), fruit-schale' (Theopomp. Com., Plu., Dsc.), prob. popular cross with λάχανον, s. Strömberg Wortstudien 52. - B. With ο-grade. 6. λοπός m. `scale, rind' (τ 233, Hp.) with λόπιμος `easy to peel off', (Nic., Gal.), λόπιμα κάστανα... H.; Arbenz Adj. auf - ιμος 101; dimin. λοπάς f. `dish', also name of a crustacean and a plant-disease (com., Thphr., Luc.), with λοπάδ-ιον (com., pap.), - ίσκος (sch.); λοπίς `scale, dish etc.' (Ar., inscr.) with λοπίδιον (Delos); denomin. λοπάω `scale off, let the bark peel off' (Thphr.) with λοπητός m. `time to be peeled off' (Thphr.), λοπίζω `be peeled off' (Thphr., pap.). -7. On ἔλλοψ s. v. - C. With lengthened grade s. λώπη `pod, coat' (Od., Theoc., A. R.), λῶπος m. `id.' (Alc. [?], Hippon., Anacr., Herod.); as 1. member in λωπο-δύ-της m. "who travels in (foreign) clothes", `thief of clothes' with λωποδυτ-έω etc. (Att.); suffixless form λώψ χλαμύς H.; cf. Schwyzer 515, Chantraine Form. 424. Dimin. λώπιον (Arist., inscr.); denomin. ἀπο-, περι-λωπίζω `undress, put off' (S., Hyp.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The primary thematic present λέπω, from which all verbal forms were derived ( λέλαμμαι, - λαπῆναι innovations after ἔστραμμαι, στραφῆναι etc.), has no direct agreements outside Greek. There are a few nominal formations, which resemble the Greek forms: Lith. lãpas `leaf', Alb. lapë `rag, leaf, peritoneum' (: λοπός), Lith. lõpas `rag, piece' (: λῶπος; also OE lōf m. `band of the forehead'??, Holthausen IF 32, 340), with Russ. lápotь `shoe of bark' (lapotók `rag, piece'); quite doubtful OE leber, læfer f. `rush, cane, metal plate' (: λέπρα?; Holthausen IF 48, 255). With λέπος one compared also Lat. s-stem lepōs `fine-ness, delicacy', and the Slav. extension in Russ. lépest `rag, piece, leaf of a flower'. Given the productivity of these formations and the varying meanings we may have parallel creations. - Further, partly very doubtful and debated forms in WP. 2, 429f., Pok. 678, W.-Hofmann s. lepidus, Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. lãpas, lõpas, also lèpti `be coddled', Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. lépest, lápotь, lópotõk; with rich lit. - We can safely conclude that the verb is not IE: there is hardly a formal agreement, nor does the meaning agree well. So the verb will be Pre-Greek. Note the forms λεπάγιον, λεπακινός, λέπασμα, λέπυρον, λεπύχανον, λέπρα, λώψ, λῶπος etc. The verb may be compared with ὀλόπτω and ὀλούφω, which would also point to a non-IE word.Page in Frisk: 2,105-107Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > λέπω
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