Κόρυζα
snot
Translated by Nick Nicholas9 Feb 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Also [sc. attested is the participle] "snivelling", [meaning] someone who has become stupid; or discharging mucus. Also [sc. attested is] "[him] snivelling".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κόρυζα. καὶ Κορυζῶν, μεμωραμένος· ἢ μυξάζων. καὶ Κορυζῶντα.
Betacode
*ko/ruza. kai\ *koruzw=n, memwrame/nos: h)\ muca/zwn. kai\ *koruzw=nta.
Notes (1)
- For the unglossed headword see also kappa 2120: LSJ s.v.
ko/ruza ,koruza/w I (literal meaning), II ("metaph., drivel"). - 1The nominative form of this present participle is attested is medical writers, including Galen. The accusative form occurs in (e.g.)Plato, Republic 343A and Lucian, Jupiter Tragoedus 15 (also Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 19.2). The participle in the accusative is also glossed with the verbs given in Lexicon de Atticis Nominibus 100, and the scholia to Plato. Hesychius likewise glosses the participle in the nominative as
memwrame/nos . ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, keywords, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas