Νωχελής

sluggish

Translated by Robert Leigh28 Oct 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words

Translation

[Meaning] slow/lazy, (?)middling, useless.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νωχελής· βραδύς, ὁμαλός, ἄχρηστος.

Betacode
*nwxelh/s: bradu/s, o(malo/s, a)/xrhstos. 

Notes

  1. For this adjective see already nu 571. The present entry likewise occurs in Photius (nu323 Theodoridis) and other lexica.
    The second of its glosses, o(malo/s, normally means "even, level", a meaning not obviously appropriate here, but LSJ s.v. notes the sense "not remarkable, middling, average" in Theocritus. (Thus there seems no need to adopt Toup's suggested emendation, noted by Theodoridis, to o( milo/s; cf. Hesychius mu1359, nu818.)

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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Jun 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded note; tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. modified tr and note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — Robert Leigh

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