Λαιψηρόν

nimble

Translated by D. Graham J. Shipley14 Jul 2002Vetting: high2 revisions

1 note · 12 words

Translation

[Meaning something] swift, light. But Laconians [use this to mean something] half-dry.1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λαιψηρόν· ταχύ, ἐλαφρόν. Λάκωνες τὸ ἡμίξηρον.

Betacode
*laiyhro/n: taxu/, e)lafro/n. *la/kwnes to\ h(mi/chron. 

Notes (1)

  1. (See already under lambda 209.)
  2. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica (see the references at Photius lambda34 Theodoridis), and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 10.358, where the headword appears in the neuter plural; here it is neuter singular. ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 4 Apr 2013
  1. tweaking — David Whitehead
  2. added note and keywords — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — D. Graham J. Shipley

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