Φερέοικος
house-carrier
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Dec 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A snail. Some [sc. apply the term to] a white animal similar to a weasel, which is found under oak-trees and olive-trees; but others [say] an animal largest1 than a good-sized wasp.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φερέοικος· ὁ κοχλίας. ἔνιοι ζῷον λευκὸν ὅμοιον γαλῇ, ὑπὸ δρυσὶ καὶ ἐλαίαις γινόμενον· οἱ δὲ ζῷον σφηκὸς εὐμεγέθους μέγιστον.
Betacode
*fere/oikos: o( koxli/as. e)/nioi zw=|on leuko\n o(/moion galh=|, u(po\ drusi\ kai\ e)lai/ais gino/menon: oi( de\ zw=|on sfhko\s eu)mege/qous me/giston.
Notes (1)
- Same entry in Photius (phi114 Theodoridis); similar in other lexica, including Hesychius (entry based on Cratinus fr. 94 Kock = 101 K.-A., contextless); cf. scholion on Hesiod, Works and Days 569-571 (where the headword occurs: web address 1), and Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.63A (2.63 Kaibel).
- 1Bergk emended
me/giston "largest" tomei=zon "larger" on the basis of Hesychius' gloss. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Dec 2014
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- typo — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth