Λιχμήσονται

they will lick

Translated by William Hutton27 Jun 2009Vetting: high2 revisions

3 notes · 36 words

[sc. Spelled] with a chi, [meaning] they will lick.¹ "Then the lions, after licking the bodies of the saints all over [....]."²
But likmw= ["I winnow"] [spelled] with a kappa [is used] in reference to threshing.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λιχμήσονται· διὰ τοῦ χ, λείξουσιν. εἶτα περιλιχμησάμενοι οἱ λέοντες τὰ τῶν ἁγίων σώματα. Λικμῶ δὲ διὰ τοῦ κ ἐπὶ τῆς ἅλω.

Betacode

*lixmh/sontai: dia\ tou= x, lei/cousin. ei)=ta perilixmhsa/menoi oi( le/ontes ta\ tw=n a(gi/wn sw/mata. *likmw= de\ dia\ tou= k e)pi\ th=s a(/lw.

Notes (3)

See already lambda 532.
1cf. Hesychius lambda1174. ↩
2Adler ascribes this quotation (using a compound of the headword verb) to the Life of Eustathius by Symeon Metaphrastes, citing Analecta Bollandiana 3.108, vs. 6. ↩
3Besides lambda 532, see e.g. lambda 534. ↩

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λ532Λικμήσονται Λικμῶthey will winnow[sc. This form comes from] I winnow, [spelled] with a kappa, in reference to the threshing-floor. But [sc. also attested is] lixmh/sontai [spelled] with a chi, [meaning] they will lick.

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λ630Λιχνεύουσαgourmandizing λ631Λιχνείαgluttony λ632Λιχμήσονταιthey will lick λ633Λίχνοςgluttonous λ634Λοβόςlobe

Revision history2 revisions · last 21 Apr 2013

21 Apr 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
28 Jun 2009more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
27 Jun 2009Translated — William Hutton

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

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