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Γλίσχρος · wheedler (γ 289) · Suda

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γ285sights
γ286eyeball
γ287glecho
γ288sticky, greedy, stingy
γ289wheedler
γ290needling-wheedling-controversial
γ291longs for
γ292buttock
γ293Glonys

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Γλίσχρος

wheedler

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Jul 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

comedy
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
ethics

3 notes · 47 words

Translation

[Meaning a] lowlife, flatterer. "Become a wheedler, asking, begging. Euripides [...]". [In] liparw=n the lambda-iota [is] long.¹
Also [sc. attested is the noun] glisxrw/n ["striver"], [meaning] desirer; from the [verb] gli/xesqai ["to long for"].²
Also [sc. attested is the adverb] gli/sxrws ["submissively"], [meaning] in a slippery manner.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γλίσχρος· ταπεινὸς, κόλαξ. γενοῦ γλίσχρος, προσαιτῶν, λιπαρῶν τ' Εὐριπίδη. λιπαρῶν· τὸ λι μακρόν. καὶ Γλίσχρων, ὁ ἐπιθυμητής· παρὰ τὸ γλίχεσθαι. καὶ Γλίσχρως, ὀλισθηρῶς.

Betacode

*gli/sxros: tapeino\s, ko/lac. genou= gli/sxros, prosaitw=n, liparw=n t' *eu)ripi/dh. liparw=n: to\ li makro/n. kai\ *gli/sxrwn, o( e)piqumhth/s: para\ to\ gli/xesqai. kai\ *gli/sxrws, o)lisqhrw=s.

Notes (3)

cf. generally gamma 288, gamma 290, gamma 291.
1Aristophanes, Acharnians 451-2 (web address 1 below), followed by comment from the scholia there; cf. lambda 579. The verb lipare/w could be transitive as well as intransitive, and both of these entries appear to treat it as the former; however, as the translation shows, "Euripides" (which should be vocative anyway) is part of the following sentence. ↩
2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 193, where the word occurs. ↩
3Likewise already in Hesychius.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from4 entries

γ288Γλίσχρονsticky, greedy, stingy[Meaning] something gluttonous, and sweet. Or gluey. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] gli/sxros, [meaning] parsimonious, miserly, completely filthy. "But I proved to be a person hard for such people to get rid of,…
γ290Γλισχραντιλογεξεπιτρίπτουneedling-wheedling-controversialIt is put together out of the [adjective] gli/sxrou ["wheedling"] and [the notion of] having a controversy and e)pitri/ptou ["needling"]; in effect, able to aggravate. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "nor being dragged…
γ291Γλίχεταιlongs for[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he/she/it] has too much regard for, craves. Also [sc. attested is the related present participle] glixo/menos ["longing for"], [meaning he] craving. But [also used] with an accusative:…
ε2340Ἐπιθυμηταίenthusiasts[Meaning they who are] eager. "They started thinking big at that point and emerged as enthusiasts, as though they would cause great harm to their opponents and gain much profit as a result." Also in reference to…

Neighbouring entries

γ287Γληχώglecho γ288Γλίσχρονsticky, greedy, stingy γ289Γλίσχροςwheedler γ290Γλισχραντιλογεξεπιτρίπτουneedling-wheedling-controversial γ291Γλίχεταιlongs for

Revision history5 revisions · last 28 Sep 2015

28 Sep 2015Revised — David Whitehead
9 Sep 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
8 Jun 2012Revised — David Whitehead
8 Jun 2012another note and keyword; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Jul 2002augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Jul 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Γλίσχρος (Adler number gamma 289), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 10 Jul 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/gamma/289

Translation by Jennifer Benedict 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 ↗