Κοιλία Κοῖλον

hollowness

Translated by William Hutton10 Jun 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 27 words
[sc. also attested is] hollow, [meaning something] deep.1
"He was in fact so moderate and frugal that he did not even possess hollow silver in great quantity."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κοιλία. Κοῖλον, βαθύ. οὕτω δὲ ἦν ἄρα μέτριος καὶ λιτὸς ὡς μηδὲ κοῖλον ἄργυρον εἰς πλῆθος κεκτῆσθαι.

Betacode
*koili/a. *koi=lon, baqu/. ou(/tw de\ h)=n a)/ra me/trios kai\ lito\s w(s mhde\ koi=lon a)/rguron ei)s plh=qos kekth=sqai.

Notes (2)

  1. The primary headword, koili/a, is unglossed.
  2. 1Neuter nominative/accusative singular of an adjective cognate with the headword, with the same glossing in other lexica (and cf. kappa 2539, kappa 2544); evidently quoted from somewhere (possibly, though not necessarily, the quotation given). ↩
  3. 2Derived from John of Antioch fr.168 FHG (4.602b), now 252 Roberto, via Excerpta de virtutibus of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 1.197. In reference to Constantius the father of Constantine the Great; see more fully at pi 815. The phrase "hollow silver" refers to silver plate. ↩

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κ2539Κοιλάςhollowκ2540Κοιλέμβολονhollow-wedgeκ2541Κοιλία Κοῖλονhollownessκ2542Κοιλόσυρτοςbelly-draggingκ2543Κοίλου κρατῆροςof a hollow crater
Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Jan 2015
  1. updated a ref — David Whitehead
  2. more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. more x-refs — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — William Hutton

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