Κίνιφος
kiniphos
Translated by Catharine Roth10 May 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one who/which is] variegated.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κίνιφος· ὁ ποικίλος.
Betacode
*ki/nifos: o( poiki/los.
Notes
- In upper-case, this headword is cited in Ptolemy's Geography as a variant of the river-name Kinyps (well-attested, in fact, as both a river and a city in Libya, east of Lepcis Magna). But as an adjective, as apparently here, it is unattested outside lexicography; cf. Choeroboscus, De orthographia 257.5.
According to Adler, ms G of the Suda spells the wordki/nhfos , and the Ambrosian Lexicon haski/nufos . See also kappa 1655.