Λίσχρος

thrifty

Translated by Craig Gibson11 Nov 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] miserly.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λίσχρος· φειδωλός.

Betacode

*li/sxros: feidwlo/s.

Notes

Likewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda350 Theodoridis.
cf. gamma 288.

Linked from2 entries

γ288Γλίσχρονsticky, greedy, stingy[Meaning] something gluttonous, and sweet. Or gluey. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] gli/sxros, [meaning] parsimonious, miserly, completely filthy. "But I proved to be a person hard for such people to get rid of,…
μ1048Μικρολόγοςpetty-minded, reckoning within narrow margins[Meaning one who is] short-sighted, parsimonious. And Eunapius [writes]: "with Hormisdas the Persian within a narrow margin of having reversed the circumstances [...]"

Neighbouring entries

λ606Λίστροισιwith spades, with shovels λ607Λίσφοιταlisphoita λ608Λίσχροςthrifty λ609Λῖταlinen-cloths λ610ΛιτάζομαιI pray

Revision history2 revisions · last 21 Apr 2013

21 Apr 2013Revised — David Whitehead
12 Nov 2008more keywords — David Whitehead
11 Nov 2008Translated — Craig Gibson