Φλοιός

bark

Translated by David Whitehead22 Nov 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 17 words

[Meaning] the husk of the tree.¹
"Krantor had a voice unhewn and full of bark of tragedy-performers".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φλοιός· τὸ λέπος τοῦ δένδρου. εἶχε δὲ ὁ Κράντωρ ἀπελέκητον φωνὴν καὶ φλοιοῦ μεστὴν τραγῳδῶν.

Betacode

*floio/s: to\ le/pos tou= de/ndrou. ei)=xe de\ o( *kra/ntwr a)pele/khton fwnh\n kai\ floiou= mesth\n tragw|dw=n.

1Likewise or similarly in other lexica and grammars; also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.237. ↩
2A careless reading of Diogenes Laertius 4.27 (where K. "said of a tragedy-performer that his voice etc."). For Krantor of Soloi (c.335-275) see generally OCD4 Crantor; and cf. sigma 631. ↩

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