Φιλόκενον στόμα
emptiness-loving mouth
Translated by David Whitehead7 Nov 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one] speaking idly.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιλόκενον στόμα. ματαιολόγον.
Betacode
*filo/kenon sto/ma. mataiolo/gon.
Notes
- The headword phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere.
The only attestation of the adjectivefilo/kenos earlier than the Suda is in the fragments of Cyril of Alexandria's Commentary on Paul's Epistle to the Romans:to\ filo/kenon .
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Revision history4 revisions · last 31 May 2016
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- expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead