Λίχνος
gluttonous
Translated by William Hutton28 Jun 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λίχνος· προαπτόμενος τῶν ὄψων, κατεπιθυμῶν, λιμβός, λαί- μαργος. Αἰλιανός· ἀνὴρ λίχνον ὄμμα καὶ ἀσελγὲς πιαίνων κακῇ ἑστιάσει τὰ τῆς Φερεκράττης ὄργια ἐδίψησε θεάσασθαι ἀτέλεστος ὤν.
Betacode
*li/xnos: proapto/menos tw=n o)/ywn, katepiqumw=n, limbo/s, lai/- margos. *ai)liano/s: a)nh\r li/xnon o)/mma kai\ a)selge\s piai/nwn kakh=| e(stia/sei ta\ th=s *ferekra/tths o)/rgia e)di/yhse qea/sasqai a)te/lestos w)/n.
Notes (3)
- 1This gloss appears in a scholion to Lucian, How to Write History 57, where the related noun
lixnei/a occurs; cf. lambda 631. ↩ - 2Thus far (including the first gloss) = Synagoge lambda126, Photius lambda367 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius lambda1178. ↩
- 3Aelian fr. 46a Domingo-Forasté (43 Hercher). Pherekratte is probably a slip for the name of the goddess Pherephatte (Persephone); cf. pi 1560, where the same quotation occurs with the reading Pherephatte. If it is not an error it could conceivably be yet another form (otherwise unattested) for the goddess's name, or a play on a name of an otherwise unknown courtesan or on the comic poet Pherekrates. [Adler reports that Ms M as well as correctors to mss AG offer
*ferekra/ths (Pherekrates); in the context this could only be the genitive singular form of a feminine name Pherekrate, which is morphologically unlikely.] ↩
Linked from2 entries
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Apr 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- updated reference — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton