urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.491 (line)
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.491
Descendant Count: 1
REF: 6.491
ἱστόν τʼ ἠλακάτην τε, καὶ ἀμφιπόλοισι κέλευε
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| Value | Word Value | Subref Value | Position | Index | VE Ref | Space After | Alignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἱστόν | ἱστόν | ἱστόν[1] | 1 | 27547 | 6.491.t1 | True | Iliad Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| τʼ | τʼ | τʼ[1] | 2 | 27548 | 6.491.t2 | True | |
| ἠλακάτην | ἠλακάτην | ἠλακάτην[1] | 3 | 27549 | 6.491.t3 | True | |
| τε, | τε | τε[1] | 4 | 27550 | 6.491.t4 | True | |
| καὶ | καὶ | καὶ[1] | 5 | 27551 | 6.491.t5 | True | |
| ἀμφιπόλοισι | ἀμφιπόλοισι | ἀμφιπόλοισι[1] | 6 | 27552 | 6.491.t6 | True | |
| κέλευε | κέλευε | κέλευε[1] | 7 | 27553 | 6.491.t7 | True |
Dictionary Citations
LSJ
distaff, Od. 4.135, 1.357, Il. 6.491, E. l.c., etc.; ἡ ἠ. [τοῦ ἀτράκτου] the stalk of the spindle, Pl. R. 616c: metaph., γηραιῇσι . . ἠλακάτῃσι with the fate of old age, IG 14.1389i18.
II
beam of a loom, which stood upright, instead of lying horizontal as in our looms; πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφʼ ἱστῶ; (sc. τὸ ἐμπερόναμα) Theoc. 15.35; later ἱ. ὄρθιος (opp. the horizontal loom), Artem. 3.36: generally, loom, ἱστόν τʼ ἠλακάτην τε Il. 6.491, Schwyzer 180 ( Crete), etc.; ἱ. στήσασθαι to set up the beam and so begin a web, Hes. Op. 779; ἱ. ἐποίχεσθαι to traverse the loom, because the weaver was obliged to walk to and fro, Il. 1.31, Od. 5.62.
spinster, cj. in Sch. Il. 6.491.
cunliffe_lex
ἀμφίπολος -ου, ἡ [ἀμφι- 4 + -πολος, conn. with πολεύω.] A handmaid, a female attendant or servant, hardly to be distinguished from δμῳή. (The words are sometimes used indifferently; cf. Od. 6.52 with 307, and 84 with 99. But in Od. 22.483, 484 ἀμφίπολοι seem to be personal attendants and δμῳαί the other servants.) Il. 3.143, 422, Il. 6.286, 324, 372, 399, 491, 499, Il. 18.417 (i.e. representations), Il. 22.442, 461, Il. 24.304: Od. 1.136, Od. 6.18, Od. 7.232, Od. 18.198, Od. 19.90, Od. 23.227, etc. Of Circe's servants Od. 10.348, 368, Od. 12.18. With γυνή. See γυνή 3. With word indicating the servant's country of origin: σικελή Od. 24.366. Her office: ταμίην Il. 24.302: Od. 16.152.
ἠλακάτη -ης, ἡ. A distaff Il. 6.491: = Od. 1.357 = Od. 21.351, Od. 4.131, 135.
ἱστός -οῦ, ὁ [ἵστημι.] 1 A ship's mast Il. 1.434, 480, Il. 23.852, 878: Od. 2.424, Od. 4.578, Od. 5.254, Od. 9.77, Od. 11.3, Od. 12.409, Od. 15.496, etc. 2 A loom for weaving Il. 6.491:=Od. 1.357=Od. 21.351, Od. 13.107 (of natural formations in a cave). 3 The warp of a web: στησαμένη μέγαν ἱστόν Od. 2.94=Od. 24.129, Od. 19.139. 4 The web: ἱστὸν ἐποιχομένην Il. 1.31. Cf. Il. 3.125, Il. 6.456, Il. 22.440: Od. 2.104=Od. 24.139, Od. 2.109=Od. 24.145, Od. 5.62, Od. 7.105, Od. 10.222, 226, 254, Od. 15.517, Od. 19.149, Od. 24.147. 5 In pl., the art of weaving: ἱστῶν τεχνῆσσαι Od. 7.110.