Linear C to Greek: sa-la-mi-ni-o-se to se-la-mi-ni-o-se

· Linear C Lexicon

INDEX
LinC words
sa-la-mi-ni-o-se | sa-ta-sa-ko-ra-u | sa-ta-sa-to-ro | se-la-mi-ni-o-se |

Greek words
Σᾰλᾰμῑ́νιος | Στᾱσίχορος | Στησιχόρου |



sa-la-mi-ni-o-se | Σαλαμῑνιος (Saliminios) | from Salamis, a Salaminian
ICS 392

See alt. se-la-mi-ni-o-se.
08.14.15


sa-ta-sa-ko-ra-u | στησιχόρου (Stêsikhorou) | one who establishes and leads χοροί (khoroi) “dances”
ICS 105
sa-ta-sa-ko-ra-u and infl. sa-ta-sa-to-ro demonstrate the alternation, χ or κ / τ.  Cf. χορός (khoros) “a dance” and τόρος (toros) a drill”, both of which pertain to twisting motion.
05.19.20


sa-ta-sa-to-ro | στᾱσίχορος (stasikhoros) or στησίχορος (stesikhoros) | establishing and leading χοροί (khoroi) “dances”; *dance master
ICS 105
In ICS 105, sa-ta-sa-to-ro is preceded by the proclitic, to*, a proclitic, definite article; thus, to*sa-ta-sa-to-ro.
Born Tisias, the Greek Lyric poet, Stesichorus (650-555 BCE), used lyric meter to tell Epic stories. Upon his death in Katane (Catania), Stesichorus.  Upon his death in Katane (Catania), he was buried in an octagonal tomb in front of the Stesichorean Gate.  Thus, the throw of the die that shows eight pips is called a stesichorus.

Infl. sa-ta-sa-ko-ra-u and sa-ta-sa-to-ro demonstrate the alternation, χ or κ / τCf. χορός (khoros) “a dance” and τόρος (toros) a drill”, both of which use a twisting motion.  Cf., also, dance drill.
05.19.20


se-la-mi-ni-o-se | Σαλαμῑνιος (Saliminios) | from Salamis, a Salaminian
ICS 427
se-la-mi-ni-o-se appears in ancient, digraphic graffiti that is written in both alphabetic and syllabic Greek. The graffiti appears on a temple wall, at Karnak, that is dated to the 29th Egyptian dynasty (399-380 BCE). The alphabetic Greek reads ΣΑΛΑΜΙΝΙΟΣΙ, but Masson [1961:378], likely believing the final vowel to be “dead”, dismisses the final /I/ as a stray mark and transcribes Σαλαμῑνιος, which refers to Salamis, a major port on the east coast of Cyprus. See the treatment of final /se/ in LinC. See alt. sa-la-mi-ni-o-se [ICS 392].

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