Κόγχην
cockle, mussel
Translated by Steven Embree6 Apr 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[This is what] they call the least part [of something]. Also [attested is the phrase] "worth a cockle/mussel", [meaning] something worth nothing. Also [attested is the proverb] "to open a cockle/mussel", with reference to those doing something easily.
As in "this is the same thing as opening a cockle/mussel".1
As in "this is the same thing as opening a cockle/mussel".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κόγχην· τὸ ἐλάχιστον λέγουσι. καὶ κόγχης ἄξιον, τὸ οὐδενὸς ἄξιον. καὶ κόγχην διελεῖν, ἐπὶ τῶν ῥᾳδίως τι ποιούντων. οἷον, ταὐτόν ἐστι τόδε τῷ κόγχην διελεῖν.
Betacode
*ko/gxhn: to\ e)la/xiston le/gousi. kai\ ko/gxhs a)/cion, to\ ou)deno\s a)/cion. kai\ ko/gxhn dielei=n, e)pi\ tw=n r(a|di/ws ti poiou/ntwn. oi(=on, tau)to/n e)sti to/de tw=| ko/gxhn dielei=n.
Notes (1)
- The principal paragraph of this entry is also in Photius (Lexicon kappa835 Theodoridis). The headword is the accusative case of kappa 1899, q.v.; it is perhaps extracted from the proverb quoted (see below), but more probably generated by Pherecrates fr. 143 Kock = 152 K.-A., (preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.481C = 11.62 Kaibel); cf. LSJ s.v. I.2, 'shell-full, a small measure of capacity'.
For the proverb see Teleclides fr. 19 Kock (now 20 K.-A.), preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.87A (= 3.33 Kaibel); Appendix Proverbiorum 3.47; and see omega 239. - 1Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
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- modified translation and notes; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Steven Embree