Λάσια
shaggy
Translated by Catharine Roth18 May 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] rough-coated.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λάσια· δασέα.
Betacode
*la/sia: dase/a.
Notes
- Same or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius lambda107 Theodoridis. The headword (again under lambda 135) is neuter plural nominative/accusative of the adjective
la/sios (cf. lambda 136); it must be quoted from somewhere.
Linked from3 entries
- λ136Λάσιοιshaggy[Meaning those who are] very hairy, or intelligent.
- λ137ΛασίοιςshaggyThe saying [is] about Philoctetes: "This man perhaps second to none of the first-born families, lies ill-fated [more] than all in life, alone [far] from others, with dappled or shaggy beasts."
- λ141Λάσταυροςeffeminate, nancy-boy[A term for] a male whore, hairy in the rump, someone being shaggy-arsed; he who is hairy in the arse. "If any amongst the Greeks or the non-Greeks [was] an effeminate in his ways, these were all companions of the king".
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 3 Apr 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth