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Ἐλάχεια · insignificant, mean (ε 759) · Suda

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Near ε759

ε755deer-shooting
ε756lightness
ε757I make (something) light
ε758most gentle, very gentle
ε759insignificant, mean
ε760the least [thing]
ε761Elge
ε762swathed
ε763arouses

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε759

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Ἐλάχεια

insignificant, mean

Translated by David Whitehead25 Jan 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

dialects, grammar, and etymology
ethics
poetry

2 words

Translation

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐλάχεια.

Betacode

*)ela/xeia.

Notes

Feminine nominative singular of the poetic adjective e)laxu/s; defined as 'small' by Hesychius s.v. and also in the scholia to Nicander, Theriaca 324, from where it is presumably quoted.

Neighbouring entries

ε757ἘλαφρίζωI make (something) light ε758Ἐλαφροτάτουςmost gentle, very gentle ε759Ἐλάχειαinsignificant, mean ε760Ἐλάχιστοςthe least [thing]ε761ἜλγηElge

Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Dec 2015

14 Dec 2015Revised — David Whitehead
12 Aug 2012Revised — David Whitehead
26 Jan 2007augmented note — David Whitehead
25 Jan 2007augmented note, set status — Catharine Roth
25 Jan 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐλάχεια (Adler number epsilon 759), trans. David Whitehead, 25 Jan 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/759

Translation by David Whitehead 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 ↗