Λιχνεία
gluttony
Translated by William Hutton27 Jun 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] thickening.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λιχνεία· πύκνωσις.
Betacode
*lixnei/a: pu/knwsis.
Notes
- = Synagoge lambda125, Photius lambda366 Theodoridis; all derived from commentary on Lucian, How to Write History 57, which explains the somewhat opaque gloss. Lucian was using the headword (in the accusative, as opposed to the nominative given here) figuratively to describe verbal excess and overindulgence.
cf. also lambda 633.
Linked from2 entries
- λ630Λιχνεύουσαgourmandizing[Meaning she who is] gluttonously seeking.
- λ633Λίχνοςgluttonous[sc. Someone] snatching eagerly at the dishes, insatiable, gobbling, overeating. Aelian [writes]: "a man fattening his gluttonous and licentious eye with evil entertainment thirsted to witness the rites of Pherekratte…
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 21 Apr 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton