πρίστις
πρίστις,
εως,
ἡ, prob.
A). saw-fish, Pristis antiquorum, Epich. 59 (v. infr.),
AP 7.506.10 (
Leon.),
Polycharm. 1 ,
Opp. H. 1.370 ,
Ael. NA 9.49 ; coupled with
βοῦς (v.
βοῦς 111 ) but distd. from
δελφίς, φάλαινα and other animals which have a blow-hole instead of gills in
Arist. HA 566b3 .(
πρῆστις is read in Epich.l.c., Opp.l.c. (v.l.
πρίστις),
Ael. l.c.,
Suid., but
πρίστις in
Arist.,
Polycharm., AP ll.cc. and
pristis is the Lat. form,
Plin. HN 9.4 ,
41 ; the spelling
πρῆστις was perh. due to the idea that it was a 'spouter'; there was further a supposed connexion between
πρίω and
πρήθω; πρίεται· φυσοῦται, Hsch., cf.
EM 687.39 ; v.
πρίω 11.2 fin.)
III). a kind of
cup, also from the shape,
π., τραγέλαφος κτλ. Diph. 80 .
V). a stone-mason's implement, IG 12.313.130 ; gen.pl. πριστίω[ν] dub. sens. in ib. 42(1).118.15 (Epid., iii B.C.).
ShortDef
saw-fish, Pristis antiquorum
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Headword (normalized):
πρίστις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πριστις
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-86391
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πρίστις</span>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, prob. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">saw-fish, Pristis antiquorum,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 59 </a> (v. infr.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.506.10 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1623.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1623.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Polycharm.</span> 1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:370" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.370/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 1.370 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:9:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:9.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 9.49 </a>; coupled with <span class="foreign greek">βοῦς</span> (v. <span class="quote greek">βοῦς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:111/canonical-url/"> 111 </a> ) but distd. from <span class="foreign greek">δελφίς, φάλαινα</span> and other animals which have a blow-hole instead of gills in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:566b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:566b.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 566b3 </a>.(<span class="foreign greek">πρῆστις</span> is read in Epich.l.c., Opp.l.c. (v.l. <span class="foreign greek">πρίστις</span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> </span> l.c., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span></span>, but <span class="foreign greek">πρίστις</span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span></span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Polycharm.</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> </span> ll.cc. and <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pristis</span> is the Lat. form, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:9:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:9.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 9.4 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:9:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:9.41/canonical-url/"> 41 </a>; the spelling <span class="foreign greek">πρῆστις</span> was perh. due to the idea that it was a \'spouter\'; there was further a supposed connexion between <span class="foreign greek">πρίω</span> and <span class="foreign greek">πρήθω; πρίεται· φυσοῦται,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:687:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:687.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 687.39 </a>; v. <span class="ref greek">πρίω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:11:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:11.2/canonical-url/"> 11.2 </a> fin.) </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ship of war,</span> prob. from its shape, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 18.1.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:2:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:2:9/canonical-url/"> 16.2.9 </a>(pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cup,</span> also from the shape, <span class="quote greek">π., τραγέλαφος κτλ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diph.</span> 80 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> ornamental part of a surgical machine, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:49:4:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:49:4:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 49.4.42 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> a stone-mason\'s implement, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.313.130 </span>; gen.pl. <span class="foreign greek">πριστίω[ν</span>] dub. sens. in ib.<span class="bibl"> 42(1).118.15 </span> (Epid., iii B.C.).</div> </div><br><br>'}