Φωλεύουσι
they lurk
Translated by David Whitehead7 Aug 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they lie hidden.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φωλεύουσι· κρύπτουσι.
Betacode
*fwleu/ousi: kru/ptousi.
Notes
- Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius phi365 Theodoridis. The headword is evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Theophrastus' treatise On lurking creatures).
cf. phi 645, phi 646, phi 648.
Linked from3 entries
- φ645Φωλεὰden, hole, lair[*fwlea/] and [sc. also attested is] fwlei/a ["life in a den/hole/lair"]: [formed] out of the [verb] fwleu/w.
- φ646Φωλεόνpholeon[What] Ionians [call] a schoolhouse. Hence apopholioi [are] the uneducated. It also means the resting-place of snakes.
- φ648Φωλήτοροιdives, holes[Meaning] houses where drinking-parties take place.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 31 May 2016
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- added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead