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Ἐλαφηβόλος · deer-shooting (ε 755) · 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 ε755

ε751driver
ε752I am at a disadvantage
ε753they drive
ε754hind's
ε755deer-shooting
ε756lightness
ε757I make (something) light
ε758most gentle, very gentle
ε759insignificant, mean

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε755

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Ἐλαφηβόλος

deer-shooting

Translated by Ross Scaife ✝4 Dec 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
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1 note · 13 words

Translation

[An adjective applicable to] the huntsman.¹ [So called] by a misuse of language.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐλαφηβόλος· ὁ κυνηγός. καταχρηστικῶς.

Betacode

*)elafhbo/los: o( kunhgo/s. kataxrhstikw=s.

Notes (1)

[1] Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon.
2This additional comment, found only here in the Suda, is baffling, given that the primary gloss is unexceptionable: see Homer, Iliad 18.319.

Linked from1 entry

α634ἈείρακοςaeirakosThe [word for the] hind among Cretans.

Neighbouring entries

ε753Ἐλαύνωσινthey drive ε754Ἐλάφειονhind's ε755Ἐλαφηβόλοςdeer-shooting ε756Ἐλαφρίαlightness ε757ἘλαφρίζωI make (something) light

Revision history5 revisions · last 14 Dec 2015

14 Dec 2015Revised — David Whitehead
4 Apr 2015coding — Catharine Roth
12 Aug 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
17 Jun 2002added note and keyword — David Whitehead
5 Dec 2001modified translation — David Whitehead
4 Dec 2001Translated — Ross Scaife ✝

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐλαφηβόλος (Adler number epsilon 755), trans. Ross Scaife ✝, 4 Dec 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/755

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