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Ἐλεδώνη · eledone (ε 780) · 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 ε780

ε776most worthy of reproof, very worthy of reproof
ε777we reproach, we test
ε778disgrace, dishonour, reproach
ε779band [for binding corn-sheaves]
ε780eledone
ε781pitiable
ε782pitiably
ε783they were plundering, they were rustling
ε784merciful, pitiful; susceptible

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε780

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Ἐλεδώνη

eledone

Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝24 Jul 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 40 words

Translation

A kind of octopus.
It has one sucker and is seven-footed, as Aelian says.¹
The lambda is superfluous. But it is called eledone from consuming [edein], that is eating, itself. And Hesiod [writes]: "when a boneless one gnaws its foot."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐλεδώνη· εἶδος πολύποδος. ἥτις ἔχει μίαν κοτυληδόνα καί ἐστιν ἑπτάπους, ὥς φησιν Αἰλιανός. ἔστι δὲ τὸ λ περισσόν. καλεῖται δὲ ἐλεδώνη ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑαυτὴν ἔδειν, ὅ ἐστιν ἐσθίειν. καὶ Ἡσίοδος· ὅτ' ἀνόστεος ὃν πόδα τένδει.

Betacode

*)eledw/nh: ei)=dos polu/podos. h(/tis e)/xei mi/an kotulhdo/na kai/ e)stin e(pta/pous, w(/s fhsin *ai)liano/s. e)/sti de\ to\ l perisso/n. kalei=tai de\ e)ledw/nh a)po\ tou= e(auth\n e)/dein, o(/ e)stin e)sqi/ein. kai\ *(hsi/odos: o(/t' a)no/steos o(\n po/da te/ndei.

Notes (1)

[1] Aelian fr. 146 Domingo-Forasté (143 Hercher); and cf. more generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.318E (7.107 Kaibel), citing Aristotle and Speusippus.
2Hesiod, Works and Days 524; see under tau 308, and cf. tau 313.

Neighbouring entries

ε778Ἔλεγχοςdisgrace, dishonour, reproach ε779Ἐλεδανόςband [for binding corn-sheaves]ε780Ἐλεδώνηeledone ε781Ἐλεεινόςpitiable ε782Ἐλεεινῶςpitiably

Revision history5 revisions · last 24 May 2013

24 May 2013updated reference in note 1 — Catharine Roth
14 Aug 2012typo — Catharine Roth
13 Aug 2012tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
24 Jul 2003cosmetics — Catharine Roth
24 Jul 2003modified headword and translation; supplied notes; augmented keywords — David Whitehead
24 Jul 2003Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐλεδώνη (Adler number epsilon 780), trans. Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝, 24 Jul 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/780

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