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βίδην

biden

εἶδος, κροῦμα, Σοφοκλῆς Axpidiw “ὡς ἐπιψάλλειν βίδην τε καὶ Evvavriav”

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What it meant

1. βίδην · bidēn — Beekes

βίδην - εἶδος, κροῦμα, Σοφοκλῆς Axpidiw “ὡς ἐπιψάλλειν βίδην τε καὶ Evvavriav”. ἄλλοι βίθυν (H.) «ρα(ν» VAR Also βυδοί: οἱ μουσικοί, ἢ κροῦμάτι. σοφώς Κρησίν (H.). Also ψαλεῖ βίδυν LSJ Supp. *ETYM A musical term, the details of which are unknown; even the case form of the lemmas is unclear. Fur. 194 correctly concludes that the word is Pre-Greek (variation / v). Kathakis-Karamanos Glotta 83 (1985): 165, considers … — [Beekes, s.v. βίδην, p. 261]

2. βίδην · bidēn — Chantraine

βίδην : εἶδος, κροῦμα, Σοφοκλῆς ᾿Ακρισίῳ … * ἄλλοι βίθυν (Hsch.). . | Terme musical inexpliqué. BiSu(r)os, βίδεος, βίδαιος : «surveillant», nom de fonctionnaires laconiens chargés de surveiller les jeur*s BiSu(1)os gens. Les inscriptions laconiennes et messéniennes présentent l'orthographe βίδυος, βίδυιος et βίδεος dans des inscriptions datant d'environ ne-1er siècle av. J.-Chr. Chez Pas.anias 3,11,2 l'orthographe … — [Chantraine, s.v. βίδην, p. 189]

3. βίδην · bidēn — LSJ

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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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