Ἐπίκενος λόγος
empty speech
Translated by David Whitehead28 Oct 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a pointless [one].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπίκενος λόγος· ὁ μάταιος.
Betacode
*)epi/kenos lo/gos: o( ma/taios.
Notes
- Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1367).
The headword phrase, unparalleled elsewhere, is presumably quoted from somewhere; the adjectivee)pi/kenos itself seems to be unattested before the Suda.
cf. generally kappa 1316, kappa 1321, kappa 1326, kappa 1327.