β 207Βδέννυσθαι to vomit
Translated by Craig Gibson · 28 Jul 2002 · Vetting: high · 5 revisions
English Greek Side by side
Translation It means to empty out the stomach,
1 not to break wind. It
2 is also used as a local expression right up until the present; for we say
bde/ei ["he/she/it farts"].
Greek original Βδέννυσθαι· ἐκκενοῦσθαι τὴν κοιλίαν σημαίνει, οὐ τὸ πέρδεσθαι. ὃ καὶ ἐπιχωριάζει μέχρι τοῦ νῦν· βδέει γὰρ λέγομεν.
Betacode *bde/nnusqai: e)kkenou=sqai th\n koili/an shmai/nei, ou) to\ pe/rdesqai. o(\ kai\ e)pixwria/zei me/xri tou= nu=n: bde/ei ga\r le/gomen. Copy Greek Notes (2) The headword verb is attested only in lexicography.
1 Likewise or similarly in other lexica. ↩ 2 This second sentence does not occur in mss F and V (or in the corresponding entry in ps.-Zonaras ). ↩ Neighbours in Adler order Revisions (5) 24 May 2012 David Whitehead more notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics 29 Jul 2002 David Whitehead modified note; cosmetics 29 Jul 2002 Catharine Roth augmented note, added keyword 28 Jul 2002 Craig Gibson translated Cite Suda On Line, s.v. Βδέννυσθαι (Adler number beta 207), trans. Craig Gibson, 28 Jul 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/207
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