Οἰσυπηρός
greasy
Translated by Catharine Roth21 Jun 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] dirty.
"Greasy fleeces": those that are filled with dirt, filthy with dung. Butoi)su/ph is the excrement of sheep.1
"Greasy fleeces": those that are filled with dirt, filthy with dung. But
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἰσυπηρός· ῥυπαρός. Ἔρια οἰσυπηρά, ῥύπου πεπλη- ρωμένα, ῥυπάσματα ἀπὸ τῆς κόπρου. οἰσύπη δέ ἐστι τὸ διαχώρημα τῶν προβάτων.
Betacode
*oi)suphro/s: r(uparo/s. *)/eria oi)suphra/, r(u/pou peplh- rwme/na, r(upa/smata a)po\ th=s ko/prou. oi)su/ph de/ e)sti to\ diaxw/rhma tw=n proba/twn.
Notes (1)
- See also omicroniota 185 and especially omicroniota 176.
- 1From the scholia pleniora on Aristophanes, Acharnians 1177, where the headword occurs (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- Revised — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Catharine Roth