Κωλώτης

gecko

Translated by Catharine Roth2 Jan 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

3 notes · 36 words
[Meaning] a spotted lizard.1
Babrius [writes]: "a gecko found the web of a clever spider, cut it off the wall and put on a light cloak."2
Also [sc. attested is upper-case] Kolotes, [an epithet of] Dionysos.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κωλώτης· ἀσκαλαβώτης. Βάβριος· σοφῆς ἀράχνης ἱστὸν εὗρε κωλώτης καὶ λεπτὸν ἐνέδυ φᾶρος ἐκτεμὼν τοίχου. καὶ Κωλώτης, ὁ Διόνυσος.

Betacode
*kwlw/ths: a)skalabw/ths. *ba/brios: sofh=s a)ra/xnhs i(sto\n eu(=re kwlw/ths kai\ lepto\n e)ne/du fa=ros e)ktemw\n toi/xou. kai\ *kwlw/ths, o( *dio/nusos.

Notes (3)

  1. 1See Aristotle, History of Animals 609b19. LSJ entry at web address 1 below. ↩
  2. 2Babrius 139 Rutherford (204 Crusius). ↩
  3. 3Attested as such here only. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

κ2243Κῶλονlimbκ2244Κῶλονlimb, clauseκ2245Κωλώτηςgeckoκ2246ΚωλυβδαίνωI am in danger, I run a riskκ2247Κωλύδαιναdangerous things (?)
Revision history6 revisions · last 29 Nov 2014
  1. translated title — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaked note — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  6. minor cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — Catharine Roth

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