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Αἱμύλα · wheedling (αι 211) · Suda

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Near αι211

αι207blood-drinker
αι208to be set on edge [of the teeth]
αι209bad taste in the mouth, teeth set on edge
αι210bloody
αι211wheedling
αι212Aimulios, Aemylius
αι213terribly brave
αι214Aineas, Aeneas
αι215Aineias, Aeneas

Suda/ΑΙ alphaiota/αι211

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Αἱμύλα

wheedling

Translated by Catharine Roth28 Jan 2003Vetting: high9 revisions

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4 notes · 37 words

Translation

[ai(mu/la.] Also [sc. attested is] ai(mu/los], [meaning a] flatterer, [someone] deceiving.¹
"Some of the flatterers and smart people will suppose that I am joking."²
[These words are] paroxytone: ai(mu/los, *tertu/los, *rwmu/los, *ai)sxu/los.³
And [the superlative is] ai(mulw/tatos.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἱμύλα. καὶ Αἱμύλος, κόλαξ, ἀπατεών. τῶν μέν τινες αἱμύλων καὶ κομψῶν οἰήσονταί με παίζειν. παροξυτόνως τὸ αἱμύλος, Τερτύλος, Ῥωμύλος, Αἰσχύλος. καὶ Αἱμυλώτατος.

Betacode

*ai(mu/la. kai\ *ai(mu/los, ko/lac, a)patew/n. tw=n me/n tines  ai(mu/lwn kai\ komyw=n oi)h/sontai/ me pai/zein. parocuto/nws to\ ai(mu/los, *tertu/los, *(rwmu/los, *ai)sxu/los. kai\ *ai(mulw/tatos.

Notes (4)

The twin headwords are, respectively, the feminine nominative singular or neuter nominative/accusative plural (probably the latter if, as seems likely, it is quoted from Hesiod, Works and Days 374) and the masculine nominative singular of this poetic adjective, which most often refers to words.
1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. ↩
2Aelian fr. 37 Domingo-Forasté (34 Hercher). ↩
3Copied from here to rho 251 (inaccurately) and tau 360. ↩
4Attested only here and, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.

Neighbouring entries

αι209Αἱμωδίαbad taste in the mouth, teeth set on edge αι210Αἱμωπούςbloody αι211Αἱμύλαwheedling αι212ΑἰμύλιοςAimulios, Aemylius αι213Αἰναρέτηterribly brave

Revision history9 revisions · last 15 Jan 2022

15 Jan 2022tweaked note — Catharine Roth
27 Nov 2015Revised — David Whitehead
27 Nov 2015another note; tweaking — David Whitehead
24 May 2012coding — Catharine Roth
15 May 2012internal rearrangement; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
25 Apr 2011another keyword — Catharine Roth
25 Apr 2011another keyword — David Whitehead
17 Apr 2011updated reference, added keyword — Catharine Roth
29 Jan 2003added xref;cosmetics — David Whitehead
28 Jan 2003Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Αἱμύλα (Adler number alphaiota 211), trans. Catharine Roth, 28 Jan 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alphaiota/211

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