# Περὶ παθῶν 437.544a

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ παθῶν, Paragraph 437. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-15/437.544a

544a. Mon. 39, 12: κνέφαλλον ϲύνηθεϲ Ἀττικοῖϲ τὴν τύλην καλεῖν ὁμωνύμωϲ τῷ περιεχομένῳ τὴν περιέχουϲαν. Ἀριϲτοφάνηϲ Ἀμφιάρεῳ καὶ νὴ Δί᾿ ἐκ τοῦ δωματίου γε νῷν φέρε κνέφαλλον ἅμα καὶ προϲκεφάλαιον τῶν λινῶν. ὠνομάϲθη δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ κνάφου, ἥτιϲ ϲημαίνει ἀκανθώδη ὕλην, ᾗ περιπεταννύντεϲ τὰϲ ἐϲθῆταϲ ἐξέθλιβον τὸ πλεονάζον τοῦ περὶ τὰϲ ἐϲθῆταϲ χνοῦ, ᾧ καὶ πρὸϲ τὰϲ τύλαϲ ἐχρῶντο, ὥϲπερ καὶ νῦν. μέμνηται δὲ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐμβαλλομένου Πλάτων ὁ κωμικὸϲ ἐν Πειϲάνδρῳ ὥϲπερ κνεφάλλων ἢ πτίλων ϲεϲαγμένοϲ. ὥϲτε καὶ ἀντίθεϲιϲ ἐγένετο τοῦ ᾱ εἰϲ ε· ἐπεὶ παρὰ τὸ κνάφοϲ ἐγένετο.

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Herodianus, Περὶ παθῶν, ed. August Lentz. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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