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Ἐξάγιστος · accursed (ε 1509) · 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

Near ε1509

ε1505to fight with dogs in a well
ε1506on skin, to skin
ε1507shorn [close] to skin
ε1508sailing close to skin
ε1509accursed
ε1510accursed
ε1511I buy off, I buy up
ε1512you are from the market
ε1513I broadcast, I declare, I make known

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε1509

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Ἐξάγιστος

accursed

Translated by Catharine Roth28 May 2007Vetting: high2 revisions

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3 notes · 32 words

Translation

[Meaning] impure, or wicked.¹
"He avoided falsehood like any other of the accursed [actions]."²
And elsewhere: "[...] because of the accursed pleasure[.] Once and for all, effeminate men all have styled hair."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐξάγιστος· ἀκάθαρτος, ἢ πονηρός. ὁ δὲ τὸ ψεῦδος ἀπεστρέφετο καθάπερ ἄλλο τι τῶν ἐξαγίστων. καὶ αὖθις· διὰ τὴν ἐξάγιστον ἡδονὴν καθάπαξ οἱ θηλυδρίαι τριχοπλάσται πάντες εἰσίν.

Betacode

*)eca/gistos: a)ka/qartos, h)\ ponhro/s. o( de\ to\ yeu=dos a)pestre/feto kaqa/per a)/llo ti tw=n e)cagi/stwn. kai\ au)=qis: dia\ th\n e)ca/giston h(donh\n kaqa/pac oi( qhludri/ai trixopla/stai pa/ntes ei)si/n.

Notes (3)

Adjective from the verb e)cagi/zw; again epsilon 1510.
1Same glossing in Hesychius and other lexica. ↩
2Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.47 Zintzen (23 Asmus). ↩
3Synesius, Encomium of Baldness PG 66.1204a: quoted also at theta 335 and theta 381.

Linked from1 entry

ε1510ἘξάγιστοςaccursedMeaning under a grievous curse. Aeschines used the word of a certain harbour.

Neighbouring entries

ε1507Ἐν χρῷ κεκαρμένοςshorn [close] to skin ε1508Ἐν χρῷ παραπλέωνsailing close to skin ε1509Ἐξάγιστοςaccursed ε1510Ἐξάγιστοςaccursed ε1511ἘξαγοράζωI buy off, I buy up

Revision history2 revisions · last 31 Aug 2012

31 Aug 2012another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
29 May 2007another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
28 May 2007Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐξάγιστος (Adler number epsilon 1509), trans. Catharine Roth, 28 May 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1509

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