Λευχηπατίας

lily-livered, white-livered

Translated by David Whitehead19 Jan 2007Vetting: high6 revisions

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[Meaning] cowardly; for something happens to the liver in certain people, which makes men cowardly. So [the term] is applied to such people.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λευχηπατίας· δειλός· συμβαίνει γάρ τι περὶ τὸ ἧπαρ ἐπί τινων, ὃ δειλοὺς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ποιεῖ. ἐπὶ τῶν τοιούτων οὖν εἴρηται.

Betacode

*leuxhpati/as: deilo/s: sumbai/nei ga/r ti peri\ to\ h(=par e)pi/ tinwn, o(\ deilou\s tou\s a)nqrw/pous poiei=. e)pi\ tw=n toiou/twn ou)=n ei)/rhtai.

cf. Zenobius 4.87 and other paroemiographers (where -- as also in Comica adespota fr. 1072 Kock, now 627 K.-A. -- the spelling is leuk-).

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