Ἄποτις
avoiding drink, being a teetotaller
Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Dec 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[a)/potis , genitive] a)po/tidos .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄποτις, ἀπότιδος.
Betacode
*)/apotis, a)po/tidos.
Notes
- This word, included in the 1968 Supplement to LSJ ("presumably fem. Adj., abstaining from drink, Suid."), occurs only here, though Adler notes a comparable ('cf.') entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Evidently an alpha-privative compound of
po/tis (a tipsy woman).