Ἔφηλος

studded

Translated by William Hutton12 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

7 words

[Meaning someone] having studs on the face.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔφηλος· ἐφηλίδας ἔχων εἰς τὴν ὄψιν.

Betacode

*)/efhlos: e)fhli/das e)/xwn ei)s th\n o)/yin.

= Synagoge epsilon1043; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2427; cf. Hesychius epsilon7443 (Adler also cites the lexicon of Codex Laurentianus 59.16); all taken to derive from commentary on Leviticus 21:20 LXX. 'Studs' here refers to dermal or ophthalmic blemishes or lesions.
For completely different definitions for the same sequence of graphemes, see epsilon 3898, epsilon 3899.