Ἄκολος
crumb
Translated by Jennifer Benedict25 Mar 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the little morsel.1
Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural]a)ko/lous , [meaning] bits and pieces of loaves. [sc. So called] because they do not stick together [kolla=sqai ]. "[I am] begging crumbs, not trophies or cauldrons". Homer [sc. says this].2
And elsewhere: "I will take the dog, since it is living, back home, to have a companion sharing in dry crumbs".3
Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural]
And elsewhere: "I will take the dog, since it is living, back home, to have a companion sharing in dry crumbs".3