Νυκταλός

drowsy

Translated by David Whitehead20 May 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 21 words
[Meaning] one who is night-loving. He is speaking about Diogenes the Cynic: "for he was not a drowsy and somnolent individual".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νυκταλός· ὁ νύκτα φιλῶν. περὶ Διογένους τοῦ Κυνός φησιν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἦν τις νυκταλὸς καὶ ὑπνηλός.

Betacode
*nuktalo/s: o( nu/kta filw=n. peri\ *dioge/nous tou= *kuno/s fhsin: ou)de\ ga\r h)=n tis nuktalo\s kai\ u(pnhlo/s.

Notes (1)

  1. In the headword and again in the quotation the Suda's nuktalo/s should be nustale/os "drowsy". In Herodian and Hesychius, nustale/on is glossed with u(pnhlo/n.
  2. 1Diogenes Laertius 6.77. On Diogenes the Cynic philosopher see delta 1141, etc. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Dec 2020
  1. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked n.1, for clarity — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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