δόκανα

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Κύριε, σῶσον τὸν δοῦλον σου κτλ. → Lord, save your slave ... (mosaic inscription from 4th cent. church in the Negev)

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Full diacritics: δόκᾰνα Medium diacritics: δόκανα Low diacritics: δόκανα Capitals: ΔΟΚΑΝΑ
Transliteration A: dókana Transliteration B: dokana Transliteration C: dokana Beta Code: do/kana

English (LSJ)

τά, (δοκός) at Sparta,

   A two upright parallel bars joined towards each end (as symbols of the Dioscuri), Plu.2.478a.

German (Pape)

[Seite 652] τά, nach Plut. de frat. am. 1 zwei parallele mit Querstücken verbundene Hölzer, παλαιὰ τῶν Διοσκούρων ἀφιδρύματα, das noch jetzt übliche astronomische Zeichen des Zwillingsgestirns, II.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

δόκανα: τά, [δοκὸς] ἐν Σπάρτη, σύμβολον τῶν Διοσκούρων, «ἔστι δὲ δύο ξύλα παράλληλα δυσὶ πλαγίαις ἐπεζευγμένα» (τὸ καὶ νῦν ἐν χρήσει ἀστρονομικὸν σημεῖον τῶν Διοσκούρων), Πλούτ. 2. 478Α· ἴδε Λεξ. Ἀρχαιοτ.