Λειριόεσσα

lily-like

Translated by Catharine Roth1 Apr 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] full of desire.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λειριόεσσα· ἐπιθυμητική.

Betacode

*leirio/essa: e)piqumhtikh/.

Notes

Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 3.152, where the feminine headword -- accusative there -- describes the sound of a cicada (web address 1). See also lambda 394.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

λ394Λειριόενταlily-like[Meaning] delicate. [sc. The term is derived] from smoothness [leio/ths]. (For a "lily" [is] the flower [of that name].) [But others define it as] soft, pleasant, sweet.

Neighbouring entries

λ393Λείριονlily λ394Λειριόενταlily-like λ395Λειριόεσσαlily-like λ396Λειρόφθαλμοςlily-eyed λ397Λειτουργίαςliturgy, liturgies

Revision history4 revisions · last 16 May 2016

16 May 2016expanded note — David Whitehead
17 Apr 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
17 Apr 2013Revised — David Whitehead
1 Apr 2009more keywords — David Whitehead
1 Apr 2009Translated — Catharine Roth