Λοιμός
plague, pestilence
Translated by David Whitehead28 Jun 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the corrupter.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λοιμός· ὁ φθορεύς.
Betacode
*loimo/s: o( fqoreu/s.
Notes
- A marginal addition, Adler reports, in ms M (and positioned after lambda 840 in mss PV).
From ps.-Herodian, Epimerismi 80, which is probably behind Eustathius' comments on Homer, Iliad 1.67 (1.80).fqoreu/s seems an oddly personal word to use as a gloss (nouns in-eus generally denote personal agents), but ps.-Herodian and Eustathius seem to treat it as a simple adjective meaning "causing corruption/death". On the other hand, given the personified usage of the headword we find at lambda 759 it is difficult to know what the Suda contributor had in mind.
See also lambda 839 (init.).
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- coding — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cleared up my own misstatements — William Hutton
- tweaked tr., augmented and modified note, raised status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead