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Ἔριθος · hireling, spinster (ε 2990) · Suda

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Near ε2990

ε2986I tease
ε2987factious intriguing; working for hire
ε2988luxuriant, very flourishing
ε2989luxuriant, very flourishing
ε2990hireling, spinster
ε2991being shriveled, being crooked
ε2992Erikodes, Ereikodes
ε2993erineos
ε2994Fury, Erinnys, Erinys

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2990

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Ἔριθος

hireling, spinster

Translated by Craig Gibson15 May 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning] she who is working wool.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔριθος· ἔρια ἐργαζομένη.

Betacode

*)/eriqos: e)/ria e)rgazome/nh.

Notes

Abbreviated slightly from Photius s.v. ('she who is working wool for a wage').
See generally LSJ s.v. e)/riqos, a noun which can be either masculine or feminine. In the present instance, as the gloss shows, it is the latter, and thus probably generated by Hesiod, Works and Days 602-3 ("I bid you look for a childless erithos; an erithos with an infant at the breast is a difficulty"). See also e.g. Demosthenes 57.45.

Neighbouring entries

ε2988Ἐριθηλέοςluxuriant, very flourishing ε2989Ἐριθηλήςluxuriant, very flourishing ε2990Ἔριθοςhireling, spinster ε2991Ἐρικνωμένονbeing shriveled, being crooked ε2992ἘρικώδηςErikodes, Ereikodes

Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Feb 2016

7 Feb 2016coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
26 Oct 2012another note — David Whitehead
2 Jun 2011another headword; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
16 May 2007more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 May 2007Translated — Craig Gibson

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἔριθος (Adler number epsilon 2990), trans. Craig Gibson, 15 May 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2990

Translation by Craig Gibson 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 ↗