Ληϊβότειρα

crop-consuming

Translated by Catharine Roth1 Apr 2009Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 16 words

and [sc. also attested in the genitive] lhi+botei/rhs.¹
But [sc. masculine] lhi+both/r [is] the wild boar.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ληϊβότειρα καὶ Ληϊβοτείρης. Ληϊβοτὴρ δὲ ὁ ἄγριος σῦς.

Betacode

*lhi+bo/teira kai\ *lhi+botei/rhs. *lhi+both\r de\ o( a)/grios su=s.

Notes (2)

1Paralleled in the Ambrosian Lexicon, according to Adler; cf. also a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 18.29, where the genitive occurs as an epithet of a sow in a simile (web address 1); and Hesychius lambda818. ↩
2Also in the Ambrosian Lexicon, according to Adler. This masculine form is unattested outside lexicography. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

λ420Λήθωσιthey escape the notice of λ421Λήϊαcrops, grain-fields λ422Ληϊβότειραcrop-consuming λ423Ληΐδαbooty λ424Ληΐζεταιseizes booty, plunders

Revision history5 revisions · last 13 May 2020

13 May 2020coding — Catharine Roth
16 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
19 Apr 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
18 Apr 2013more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
2 Apr 2009augmented n.2; cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 Apr 2009Translated — Catharine Roth