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διακονίς

diakonis

a coarsely-woven tunic; also a man who is not shrewd

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What it meant

1. διακονίς · diakonis — Beekes

διακονίς [f.]? - ἐπὶ ὑφῆς ἱματίου ἀνωμάλου, ὅ φαμεν κονίζειν, καὶ ἄνθρωπος ὁ μὴ πυκνός ‘a coarsely-woven tunic; also a man who is not shrewd’ (H.). «ἢ» *ETYM Latte Mnem. 3:10 (1942): 82 recalls the gloss kexowopévoc: συνπεπλεγμένος froma sch. on Theoc. 1, 30, but this remains unclear. — [Beekes, s.v. διακονίς, p. 375]

2. διακονίς · diakonis — Chantraine

διακονίς : ἐπὶ ὑφῆς ἱματίου ἀνωμάλου, ὅ φαμεν κονίζειν, καὶ ἄνθρωπος ὁ μὴ πυχνός (Hsch.). Obscur. Un rapport avec διάκονος n’est pas démontrable. Hypothèse de Latte, Mnemosgne 1942, 82 qui évoque dans la scholie de Théoc. 1,30 un xexoviouévoc ® συμπεπλεγμένος, qui reste mystérieux (Ὁ). — [Chantraine, s.v. διακονίς, p. 290]

3. διακονίς · diakonis — LSJ

tunic

a kind of coarsely woven tunic, Hsch.; also ἄνθρωπος ὁ μὴ πυκνὸς δ., Id.

Where it came from

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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