Μολοβρίς

greedy woman

Translated by Nick Nicholas2 Aug 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

10 words

and [sc. also attested is] 'greedy man', [meaning] a beggar.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μολοβρίς· καὶ Μολοβρός, ὁ πτωχός.

Betacode

*molobri/s: kai\ *molobro/s, o( ptwxo/s.

The feminine form is attested only here. The masculine is used to describe a beggar in Homer, Odyssey 17.219, 18.26 (LSJ s.v.); "beggar" is one of the glosses used from Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon onward, though not the primary gloss except here and in ps.-Zonaras.

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