[B-Greek] Philo vocabulary question
A. Philip Brown II
pbrown at GBS.EDU
Thu Jul 1 20:00:16 EDT 2004
Sorry to ask this here, but I couldn't figure out this word in Philo:
TOUPIKRANON
The sentence reads in part (from Loeb): O DE hIEREUS LABWN PROTEINETW TH
GUNAIKI KAI TOUPIKRANON AFELWN, hIN' EPIKRINHTAI GEGUMNWMENH TH KEFALH ...
F. H. Colson's translation: The priest taking the offering hands it to the
woman and removes her kerchief, in order than she may be judged with her
head bared ...
Obviously, he is translating TOUPIKRANON as 'kerchief,' but I can't find the
word in LSJ. There is a smooth breathing mark over the U, suggesting to me
the possibility of a contraction, but that's all the farther I could get.
Any help on the lexical form of this word would be appreciated.
Philip Brown
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