Οὔλων

fleecy, woolly

Translated by David Whitehead25 May 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

8 words

[Meaning] gentle, soft, with their hairs twisted together.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οὔλων· ἁπαλῶν, μαλακῶν, συνεστραμμένων ταῖς θριξίν.

Betacode

*ou)/lwn: a(palw=n, malakw=n, sunestramme/nwn tai=s qrici/n.

Notes

Genitive plural of this adjective (omicron 909), quoted from somewhere -- probably Homer (Iliad 16.224: web address 1), but also in Aristophanes (Frogs 1067; cf. the scholia there). Similar glossing in other lexica, and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 10.134 (where the feminine nominative singular occurs).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ο909Οὐλόςwoolly[Meaning] he who has his hairs twisted together. Homer [writes] about Odysseus: "rounded in the shoulders, swarthy, woolly-headed."

Neighbouring entries

ο908Οὐλομένηaccursed ο909Οὐλόςwoolly ο910Οὔλωνfleecy, woolly ο911ΟὐλπιανόςUlpian, Ulpianus ο912ΟὐλπιανόςUlpian, Ulpianus

Revision history3 revisions · last 1 Aug 2013

1 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
26 May 2010expanded note — David Whitehead
25 May 2010expanded note, added link, set status — Catharine Roth
25 May 2010Translated — David Whitehead