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κερκίς

kerkis

weaver

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Where it lives

Cratylus 14 · 7.83/10k
Ion 4 · 4.37/10k
Hecuba 2 · 2.79/10k
Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k
Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Statesman 2 · 1.18/10k
Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. κερκίς · kerkis — Beekes

κερκίς -ἰδος [{] ‘weaver’s shuttle’ (Il); metaph. of comparable objects, eg. ‘great bone of the leg, tibia’ (A. R., Heroph. Med.), ‘wedge-shaped division of the seats in the theatre’ (Hell.); as a tree name ‘asp, Populus tremula, etc’ (Arist, Thphr.). The mgs. are discussed by Martin REGr. 80 (1967): 319f. < PG?> eCOMP As a first member in xepxidonouxy (τέχνη) ‘the art of a κερκιδοποιός᾽ (Arist.); as a second member … — [Beekes, s.v. κερκίς, p. 726]

2. κερκίς · kerkis — LSJ

weaverʼs shuttle

weaverʼs shuttle, χαμαὶ δέ οἱ ἔκπεσε κ. Il. 22.448; χρυσείῃ κερκίδʼ ὕφαινεν Od. 5.62, cf. S. Ant. 976 (lyr.), Pl. Cra. 388a; ἱστοῖς κερκίδα δινεύουσα E. Tr. 199 (lyr.); κερκίσιν ἐφεστάναι Id. Hec. 363; φωνὴ κερκίδος S. Fr. 595; κερκίδος ὕμνοις ib. 890 (lyr.); κερκίδος ἀοιδοῦ E. Fr. 523 (lyr.): metaph., μήδεα ἀδαμαντίναις ὑφαίνεται κερκίσιν αἶσα Lyr.Adesp. ap. Stob. 1.5.11.

II any taper rod, of wood, ivory

any taper rod, of wood, ivory, etc.; as,

1 peg, pin, hair-pin, comb

peg, pin, used to rivet the μεσάβοιον to the ζυγός, Poll. 1.252: hair-pin or comb, A.R. 3.46.

2 measuring-rod, gnomon

measuring-rod, AP 11.267; gnomon of a dial (prob.), CIG 2681 (Iasus).

3 great bone of the leg, tibia

great bone of the leg, tibia, A.R. 4.1520, Plu. Alex. 45; = κνήμη, Heroph. ap. Ruf. Onom. 123, Poll. 2.191.

b radius of the arm

radius of the arm, ib. 142, Gal. UP 2.13, al., Orib. 47.6.1.

4 organ

organ of the electric ray, Opp. H. 2.63.

5 rod

rod for stirring liquids, Gal. 12.683.

6 dowel

iron dowel, IG 2(2).1668.52.

7 ploughs

καμπύλοχοι κ., of ploughs, Orph. Fr. 33.

III wedge-shaped division of the seats in the theatre

wedge-shaped division of the seats in the theatre, περὶ τὴν ἐσχάτην . . κ. καθιζούσας θεωρεῖν Alex. 41, cf. Phld. Acad.Ind. p.26 M., LW 1586 (Aphrodisias).

2 tympanum, half-tympanum

tympanum or half-tympanum, IG 42(1).102.89, 112 (Epid., iv B.C.).

IV aspen, Populus tremula

aspen, Populus tremula, Arist. HA 595a2, Thphr. HP 3.14.2.

2 Judas tree, Cercis Siliquastrum

Judas tree, Cercis Siliquastrum, ib. 1.11.2.

3 white bryony, Bryonia cretica

white bryony, Bryonia cretica, Gal. 14.186.

4 pine-cone

pine-cone, Sch. E. Hec. 1153, Hsch.

V bird

kind of bird, Id.

In the wild

κερκίδα · kerkida Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 629)
κερκίδος · kerkidos Aristophanes, Frogs 1313–1321
κερκίδος · kerkidos Aristotle, Ars Poetica 16
κερκίδες · kerkides Aristotle, Politics 1253b (DIORISIS sentence 75)
κερκίδος · kerkidos Aristotle, Politics 1254a (DIORISIS sentence 77)
κερκίδας · kerkidas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.7 (DIORISIS sentence 5423)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κερκίς (scan p. 726; entry #3085).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κερκίς (scan p. 533; entry #3859).

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