Ruby's Greek Thread

[Ruby Novacna]

Word EVA okolchy
The word okolchy appears in the manuscript three times: on 40r.3 (Currier B), 58r.30 (A) and <f68r3.17,+Ls> (?).

I currently consider that k EVA can transcribe n or m depending on the height of its horizontal bar and therefore the word okolchy can be read on(m)ol(a,oi)k9 and the word of 58r can be different from those of 40r and 68r3.

Variants with m :

• ὀμολγός, ὁ, = ζόφος – nether darkness; generally, gloom, darkness; the dark quarter, i.e. the West;
  
• ἀμολγή, ἡ – milking;
  
• ἀμολγός, ὁ, – dead of night; evening twilight, when Venus is seen; morning twilight, when Sirius rises in autumn; = milking-time.
  

Variants with n :

• οναγος – ass-driver;
  
• ἀνολκή, ἡ – hauling up;
  
• ἀνοιγεύς, ὁ – opener;
  
• ἀνοικῆ =παρὰ τὸ εἰκὸς εἰρημένον -?
  
• ἄνοικος – houseless, homeless;
  
• ἀνᾰγής = ἐναγής – who is under a curse or a vengeance, cursed; devoted or dedicated to; wretch;
  
• ἀνᾰκής = ἀνήκεστος – incurable, desperate, fatal; damaging beyond remedy, pernicious; Subst., an Indian bird;
  
• ἀνακός =ἄναξ – lord, master.
  

Certainly, with such a large number of variants, it's impossible for me to make a valid judgment at this time.