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ἐγκύρτια

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κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι → may earth lie lightly on thee, may the earth rest lightly on you, may the ground be light to you, may the earth be light to you

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Transliteration A: enkýrtia Transliteration B: enkyrtia Transliteration C: egkyrtia Beta Code: e)gku/rtia

English (LSJ)

τά, (κύρτος)

   A passages into the κύρτος or creel or fish-trap, to which Pl. compares the throat, Ti.78b-d, cf. Gal. ad loc.p.20 D.

German (Pape)

[Seite 711] τά, ein Theil am Eingange u. im Innern der Fischerreuse (κύρτος), Suid.; u. danach ein Theil des Schlundes, Plat. Tim. 78 b.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐγκύρτια: τά, «τὰ ἐν τοῖς κύρτοις ἐνυφάσματα. Πλάτων δὲ χρῆται ἐν Τιμαίῳ (78Β-D) ἐπὶ τῆς φάρυγγος τῇ λέξει» Σουΐδ. ἴδε Stallb. ἐν Τιμ. Πλάτ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐγκύρτια: τά досл. отверстие рыболовной верши, перен. полость Plat.