Λαμυρόν
greedy, wanton
Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝22 Oct 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] sweet-speaking, facile, astonishing, pleasant.1
In the Epigrams: "man-destroying passion shoots his fire-breathing bows and laughs keenly with greedy eyes".2 And elsewhere: "the potions were quenched, and the greedy toasts of the goblets".3
Also [sc. attested is the comparative degree] more greedy/rather greedy.4
In the Epigrams: "man-destroying passion shoots his fire-breathing bows and laughs keenly with greedy eyes".2 And elsewhere: "the potions were quenched, and the greedy toasts of the goblets".3
Also [sc. attested is the comparative degree] more greedy/rather greedy.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λαμυρόν· εὔλαλον, εὐτράπελον, καταπληκτικόν, τερπνόν. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· βροτολοιγὸς ἔρως τὰ πυρίπνοα τόξα βάλλει καὶ λαμυροῖς ὄμμασι πικρὰ γελᾷ. καὶ αὖθις· ἐσβέσθη δὲ τὰ φίλτρα, καὶ κυλίκων αἱ λαμυραὶ προπόσεις. καὶ Λαμυρώτερον.
Betacode
*lamuro/n: eu)/lalon, eu)tra/pelon, kataplhktiko/n, terpno/n. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: brotoloigo\s e)/rws ta\ puri/pnoa to/ca ba/llei kai\ lamuroi=s o)/mmasi pikra\ gela=|. kai\ au)=qis: e)sbe/sqh de\ ta\ fi/ltra, kai\ kuli/kwn ai( lamurai\ propo/seis. kai\ *lamurw/teron.
Notes (4)
- 1Same or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius lambda83 Theodoridis. The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective
lamuro/s . Neither the illustrative quotations given in what follows here nor modern lexica (LSJ and Chantraine) show much agreement on the meaning or etymology of this adjective, but 'greedy' does seem a basic sense. ↩ - 2Greek Anthology 5.180.1-2 (Meleager [Author, Myth]), on the attributes of Eros; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (218-219) and vol. II (612-613). As Gow and Page note (vol. II, 612), the epigram follows a common motif, but the compression of so much precise sense and vivid detail into so few lines makes it a masterpiece of its kind. ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 7.221.3-4 (author unknown); cf. kappa 2303. ↩
- 4Evidently quoted from somewhere; there are possibilities in Xenophon and elsewhere. ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
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Revision history4 revisions · last 26 Jul 2022
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- tweaked notes — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Oliver Phillips ✝