Φειδωλός

frugal

Translated by Catharine Roth10 Oct 2011Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 37 words

[Meaning] sparing, stingy.¹
Being a frugal person, the calculator who avoids [feu/gwn] giving [dou=nai]. Or from the [verb] fei/domai and the [verb] dou=nai, being a sort of giving-sparer [feidwdo/s], with a change of the delta into lambda.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φειδωλός· φειδόμενος, σκνιπός. Φειδωλός τις ὤν, ὁ φεύγων τὸ δοῦναι ὁ περίψηφος. ἢ παρὰ τὸ φείδομαι καὶ τὸ δοῦναι, φειδωδός τις ὤν, τροπῇ τοῦ δ εἰς λ.

Betacode

*feidwlo/s: feido/menos, sknipo/s. *feidwlo/s tis w)/n, o(  feu/gwn to\ dou=nai o( peri/yhfos. h)\ para\ to\ fei/domai kai\ to\ dou=nai, feidwdo/s tis w)/n, troph=| tou= d ei)s l.

Notes (2)

1Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius phi103 Theodoridis. ↩
2From a scholion on Aristophanes, Plutus/Wealth 237 (where the phrase h)/n me\n ga\r w(s feidwlo\n ei)selqw\n tu/xw occurs); cf. Herodian the grammarian cited by Orion [Author, Myth] 160.5. In fact feidwlo/s is an adjective formed from the verb fei/domai with the suffix -los (Smyth §858.7). ↩

Linked from1 entry

μ1048Μικρολόγοςpetty-minded, reckoning within narrow margins[Meaning one who is] short-sighted, parsimonious. And Eunapius [writes]: "with Hormisdas the Persian within a narrow margin of having reversed the circumstances [...]"

Neighbouring entries

φ248Φείδομαι>20 γενικῇI spare φ249Φειδώmercy, thrift φ250Φειδωλόςfrugal φ251ΦείδωνPheidon, Phidon, Phido φ252Φεισμονήsparing

Revision history5 revisions · last 25 Jan 2023

25 Jan 2023tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
16 Aug 2019cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
8 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
11 Oct 2011expanded note 2 — Catharine Roth
11 Oct 2011expanded n.2; cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Oct 2011Translated — Catharine Roth

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (2)

Linked from1 entry

Neighbouring entries

Share this entry