The Lock of Berenice

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γραμμή -ῆς, ἡ: stroke or line of a pen, line, as in mathematical figures; an astronomical term for the lines by which the sky is divided for study 

ᾗ: (adv.) which way, where, how (dat. sg. fem. of relat. pron. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ)

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Κόνων, -ονος: Conon, a Greek astronomer and mathematician from Samos who served in the court of Ptolemy III. Known primarily for naming the constellation Coma Berenices. 7

ἀήρ ἀέρος, ἡ: air; mist, haze (Hom. ἀήρ, gen. ἠέρος, dat. ἠέρι, acc. ἠέρα)

Βερενίκη -ης, ἡ: Berenice II of Egypt

βόστρυκος -ου, ὁ: a curl, lock of hair

σύμβολον -ου, τό: tally, token, symbol 14

ἐννύχιος -α -ον: in the night, by night, nightly 

ἀεθλοσύνη -ης , ἡ: contest, struggle

κάρη -ης, ἡ: head (Ep. and Ion. of  κάρα, τό) 

ὄμνυμι ὀμοῦμαι ὤμοσα: swear; swear to, swear by

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ἀμνάμων -ονος, ὁ: descendent 44

ἀργός -ή -όν: shining, glistening

ὑπερφέρω: bear or carry over, surpass; (mid.) move

βουπόρος, -ον: ox-piercing; possibly in reference to an obelisk (see Xenophon, Anabasis 7.8.14 and LSJ s.v. ὀβελίσκος)

Μήδειοι -ων, οἱ: the Medes, i.e., the Persians (= Μῆδοι)

ὀλοός  -ή -όν: destructive, deadly

νηῦς -ος, ἡ: ship (Ep. for ναῦς)

Ἄθως -ω,  acc. Ἄθω or Ἄθων, ὁ: mount Athos, through the peninsula of which Xerxes cut a canal

πλόκαμος -ου, ὁ: a lock of hair

ῥέζω: do, act, deal

ὄρος ὄρεος, τό: mountain; οὔρεα: poet. nom. and acc. pl.

τοῖος τοία τοῖον: such, such as

σίδηρος -ου, ὁ: iron

εἴκω: give way, yield to (+ dat.)

Χάλυψ -υβος, ὁ: one of the nation of the Chalybes

ἀπόλλυμι: kill, lose; (mid.) perish, die

γειόθεν: (adv.) out of, from the earth (= γῆθεν)

ἀντέλλω: make to rise up; bring forth, give birth to (poet. of ἀνατέλλω)

φυτόν -οῦ, τό: growth, plant, tree

τυπίς -ίδος, ἡ: hammer 50

φράζω: point out, show, tell, explain; (mid.) consider, ponder, contrive

ἐργασίη -ης, ἡ: work, daily labor, business (Ion. for ἐργασία)

ἄρτι: (adv.) just now, recently

νεότμητος -ον: newly cut

κόμη -ης, ἡ: hair of the head; locks of hair

ποθέω: long for, yearn after

ἀδελφή -ης , ἡ: sister

πρόκατε: forthwith, straightway, suddenly (= πρόκα)

γνωτός -οῦ, ἡ: kinsman, kinswoman; brother

Mέμνων -ονος, ὁ: Memon, a mythological king of Ethiopia, son of Tithonus and Eos.

Αἰθίοψ -οπος: Ethiopian

κυκλάζω: go round about, surround

βαλιός -ά -όν: spotted, dappled; swift

πτερόν -οῦ, τό: feathers, wing

θῆλυς -εια -υ: female; soft, delicate, gentle

ἀήτης -ου, ὁ: blast, gale, wind

ἰόζωνος -ον: (adj.) with purple girdle

Λοκρικός -ή -όν: Locrian, of Locris

Ἀρσινόη -ης, ἡ: Arsinoe, specifically the deified Arsinoe-Aphrodite who had a temple at cape Zephyrium

πνοιή -ῆς, ἡ: breathing, breath 55

ὑγρός -ά -όν: wet, moist, running, fluid

ἐνείκας: > φέρω, participle aor act masc nom sg [epic]

Κύπρις -ιδος, ἡ: Cypris, an epithet of Aphrodite; here probably used as a cult name of Arsinoe-Aphrodite

κόλπος -ου, ὁ: bosom, lap; gulf

Ζεφυρῖτις -ιδος, ἡ: Zephyritis, an epithet of Arsinoe-Aphrodite derived from the location of her temple at Zephyrium

ἐπιπροίημι: to send forth

ναιέτις -ιδος, ἡ: inhabitant (= ναέτης -ου, ὁ) 58

Κανωπίτος -η -ον: Canopean, of Canopus; Zephyrium was located between Alexandria and Canopus.

αἰγιαλός -οῦ, ὁ: sea-shore, beach

νύμφη -ης, ἡ: young wife, bride

ἀρίθμιος -α -ον: numerical; counted, reckoned 61

φάος φάεος, τό: light, daylight; star

λούω: wash

ἀνάγω: lead or bring up

ἄστρον -ου, τό: the stars (mostly in pl.)

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ἀσχάλλω: be vexed at 76

κορυφή -ῆς, ἡ: the head, top, highest point

θιγγάνω θίξομαι ἔθιγον: touch, handle

λιτός -ή -όν: simple, inexpensive, frugal

γυναικεῖος -α -ον: of or belonging to women

ἀπολαύω: have enjoyment of

μύρον -ου, τό: sweet oil, unguent, perfume