Ruby's Greek Thread

[Ruby Novacna]

Word EVA okalam

There are two occurrences of the word okalam in the manuscript: the label of a nymph (<f72r1.5,&Lz> <!01:00>) and a word in the text of 108v.27.

 

Personally I consider that these are two different words: omal(i)ar(8)… for the nymph and onal(i)ar(8)… for 108v.

The nymph’s label may be ὁμᾰλότης or ἀμαίωτος, for example:

• ὁμᾰλότης – evenness of surface; level ground; equability, equilibrium; evenness of temperature, of the pulse, regularity of motion; equality
  
• ἀμαίωτος = ἀμαίευτος – not yet delivered; without help of midwife.
  

For onal(i)ar(8)…, the only word I found is the verb ἀναιωρέω – lift up.