Λάσιοι
shaggy
Translated by Catharine Roth18 May 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning those who are] very hairy, or intelligent.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λάσιοι· πολύτριχοι, ἢ συνετοί.
Betacode
*la/sioi: polu/trixoi, h)\ sunetoi/.
Notes
- Same or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius lambda108 Theodoridis. The headword -- masculine nominative plural of the adjective
la/sios (cf. lambda 134) -- must be quoted from somewhere.
For the various associations of hairiness in men, see LSJ s.v., I (web address 1).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- λ134Λάσιαshaggy[Meaning] rough-coated.
- 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".
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Revision history3 revisions · last 6 Apr 2020
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- tweaking — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Catharine Roth