Μαλάχια

soft [fishes]

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Aug 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 28 words
[Meaning] those aquatic animals which do not have bones; such as cuttle-fish, octopus. These also have no blood or internal organs.1
But some write mala/xeia with a diphthong.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μαλάχια· ὅσα τῶν ἐνύδρων ὀστέα οὐκ ἔχει· οἷον σηπία, πολύπους. ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ἄναιμά ἐστι καὶ ἄσπλαγχνα. τινὲς δὲ μαλάχεια διὰ διφθόγγου γράφουσι.

Betacode
*mala/xia: o(/sa tw=n e)nu/drwn o)ste/a ou)k e)/xei: oi(=on shpi/a, polu/pous. tau=ta de\ kai\ a)/naima/ e)sti kai\ a)/splagxna. tine\s de\ mala/xeia dia\ difqo/ggou gra/fousi.

Notes (1)

  1. 1Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of Aristotle's History of animals 2.2-4 (reading mala/kia with kappa). See also sigma 332, pi 1996. Hesychius mu 167 has the masculine form mala/xios: i)xqu=s poio/s "a kind of fish." ↩

Neighbouring entries

μ96Μαλάσσουbe softenedμ97ΜαλάσσωI make soft, I make suppleμ98Μαλάχιαsoft [fishes]μ99ΜαλαχίαςMalachias, Malachiμ100ΜαλέαςMaleas
Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Jul 2020
  1. expanded notes — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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