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Ἀκκώ · Akko, Acco (α 946) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α942Akousilaos, Akusilaos, Acusilaus
α943Akousilaos; Akusilaos; Acusilaus
α944to make to hear
α945Akouphis, Acuphis
α946Akko, Acco
α947unbelled
α948point
α949to stuff the lips with a crumb (and) not with a fig
α950high

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Ἀκκώ

Akko, Acco

Translated by William Hutton23 Apr 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

aetiology
biography
comedy
daily life
definition
proverbs
+1
- women

2 notes · 52 words

Translation

A woman lampooned for her stupidity. They say that when she was looking in a mirror once she began a conversation with her own reflection, as though it were someone else. This is the origin of the [verb] to akko↗-ize.¹ They say that she also knocked in a peg with a sponge.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀκκώ· γυνὴ ἐπὶ μωρίᾳ διαβαλλομένη, ἥν φασιν ἐνοπτριζομένην τῇ ἰδίᾳ εἰκόνι ὡς ἑτέρᾳ διαλέγεσθαι. ὅθεν καὶ τὸ ἀκκίζεσθαι. ταύτην φασὶ καὶ σπόγγῳ πάτταλον κρούειν.

Betacode

*)akkw/: gunh\ e)pi\ mwri/a| diaballome/nh, h(/n fasin e)noptrizome/nhn th=| i)di/a| ei)ko/ni w(s e(te/ra| diale/gesqai. o(/qen kai\ to\ a)kki/zesqai. tau/thn fasi\ kai\ spo/ggw| pa/ttalon krou/ein.

Notes (2)

Zenobius 1.53 and other paroemiographers.
1cf. alpha 878 (where in fact the principal idea is the pretence, rather than the reality, of stupidity etc.; see also LSJ s.v.). ↩
2cf. sigma 953. Since pa/ttalos ('peg') is a euphemism for the membrum virile, a sexual connotation is not to be excluded, but there is no trace of it in other attestations of the phrase "pound a peg with a sponge", which is generally applied to efforts that are doomed to failure; cf. Mantissa Proverbiorum 2.88, Aristaenetus, Epistle 2.20.

Linked from1 entry

α878Ἀκκιζόμενοςacting coyly, being prudish, toying[Meaning one who is] dissembling, acting female, or pretending, from some stupid woman who was named Akko. It also signifies the man saying something but pretending not to want to. And Aelian [writes]: "she was judged…

Neighbouring entries

α944Ἀκουτίσαιto make to hear α945ἌκουφιςAkouphis, Acuphis α946ἈκκώAkko, Acco α947Ἀκωδώνιστονunbelled α948Ἀκωκήpoint

Revision history5 revisions · last 13 May 2015

13 May 2015cosmetics — David Whitehead
19 Mar 2014cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Mar 2014augmented n. 2 — William Hutton
27 Jan 2012augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
23 Apr 2001augmented note — David Whitehead
23 Apr 2001Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀκκώ (Adler number alpha 946), trans. William Hutton, 23 Apr 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/946

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗