Λάχνη

down, fuzzy hair, nap, pile

Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝28 Oct 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

11 words

[Meaning] hairiness. [The expression] is also used of the sea's foam.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λάχνη· τρίχωσις. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὁ τῆς θαλάσσης ἀφρός.

Betacode

*la/xnh: tri/xwsis. le/getai de\ kai\ o( th=s qala/sshs a)fro/s.

Notes

Same or similar entry elsewhere; see the references at Photius, Lexicon lambda127 Theodoridis. The headword is regarded as being extracted from Homer, Iliad: 10.134 according to Latte (on Hesychius lambda455); 2.219 according to Theodoridis.
See also lambda 169.

Linked from1 entry

λ169Λαχνήενταfuzzy, shaggy[Mmeaning] hairy, covered with hairs. Also [sc. attested is] laxnh/eis, [meaning] one who is hairy. Also [sc. attested is] la/xnos, [also meaning] one who is hairy.

Neighbouring entries

λ166Λάχεια γῆscanty land λ167Λαχεῖν δίκηνto get a court-hearing, to get a trial λ168Λάχνηdown, fuzzy hair, nap, pile λ169Λαχνήενταfuzzy, shaggy λ170Λάχοςportion, lot

Revision history3 revisions · last 16 May 2016

16 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
4 Apr 2013augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
29 Oct 2004more headwords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
28 Oct 2004Translated — Oliver Phillips ✝