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ἑλάνη

elane

torch from reed, reed bundle

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What it meant

1. ἑλάνη · helanē — Beekes

ἑλάνη [f.] ‘torch from reed, reed bundle’ (Hell.). < PG(s,v)> DER Also ἑλένη: λαμπάς, Seth ‘torch, reed’ (H.), also a twisted basket containing the sacred utensils for a festival of Artemis Brauronia, the so-called Ἑλενηφόρια (Poll.); to this ἑλένιος: ἀγγεῖον χωροῦν τέταρτον ‘vessel containing a quarter’ (H.). *ETYM The plant name éAéwov is uncertain; see » Ἑλένη. For the instrument suffix -άνη, cf. σκαπάνη, … — [Beekes, s.v. ἑλάνη, p. 448]

2. ἑλάνη · helanē — Chantraine

ἑλάνη : £. «torche de roseaux, faisceau de roseaux » (Néanthès de Cyzique, 4 J., Nic.); en outre ἑλένη. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἑλάνη, p. 345]

3. ἑλάνη · helanē — Frisk

ἑλάνη f. "Fackel aus Rohr, Rohrbündel’ (hell.); daneben ἐλένη" λαμπάς, dern H., auch “geflochtener Korb, in dem die heiligen Geräte bei einem der Artemis Brauronia gewidmeten Feste, den sog. Ἑλενηφόρια, getragen wurden’ (Poll.); dazu ἑλένιος" ἀγγεῖον χωροῦν τέταρτον H. — Unsicher der Pflanzenname ἑλένιον, 5. Ἑλένη. Zu ἑλάνη vgl. σκαπάνη, πλεκτάνη usw. (Chantraine Formation 199); zu EA&vn höchstens ὠλένῃ, äol. … — [Frisk, s.v. ἑλάνη, p. 513]

4. ἑλάνη · helanē — LSJ

torch of reeds, bundle of reeds

torch of reeds, Neanth. 4J.; also, bundle of reeds, Nic. Fr. 89.

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