Λευκόχρως

pale-fleshed, white-fleshed

Translated by David Whitehead31 Mar 2009Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 18 words

Translation

[Meaning someone] having a pale/white body.1
In the Epigrams: "Daphnis the pale/white-fleshed, making music with a fine pan-pipe".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λευκόχρως· λευκὸν τὸ σῶμα ἔχων. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· Δάφνις ὁ λευκόχρως, ὁ καλῇ σύριγγι μελίσδων.

Betacode
*leuko/xrws: leuko\n to\ sw=ma e)/xwn. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: *da/fnis o( leuko/xrws, o( kalh=| su/riggi meli/sdwn. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Adler cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (264-5) for comparison. ↩
  2. 2Greek Anthology 6.177.1 (author unknown). For 'pan-pipe' see generally sigma 1664. ↩

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Revision history6 revisions · last 31 Aug 2023
  1. tweaked attribution n.2 — Ronald Allen
  2. tweaked note — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. x-ref — David Whitehead
  6. set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“pale-fleshed, white-fleshed.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 31 March 2009. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/lambda/337>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/lambda/337>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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