Φύσιγγες

blisters

Translated by William Hutton13 Feb 2014Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 24 words

[Meaning] inflammations on the shins.¹
Or the outer peel of garlic. [sc. This is also called] the fusi/ggh.²
The nominative [sc. singular is] fu/sigc.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φύσιγγες· τὰ ἐν ταῖς κνήμαις ἐκκαύματα. ἢ τὸ ἐκτὸς λέπισμα τῶν σκορόδων. ἡ φυσίγγη. ἡ εὐθεῖα Φύσιγξ.

Betacode

*fu/sigges: ta\ e)n tai=s knh/mais e)kkau/mata. h)\ to\ e)kto\s le/pisma tw=n skoro/dwn. h( fusi/ggh. h( eu)qei=a *fu/sigc.

Notes (2)

1= Synagoge phi234, Photius phi349 Theodoridis, Etymologicum Gudianum 559.51, Etymologicum Magnum 802.55; identified as an Attic usage by Moeris phi32. ↩
2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 526, where the related participle pefusiggwme/noi ('blistered') occurs. See pi 1434, where this material recurs, and cf. Erotianus 122.9; contrast Hesychius phi1048 (Latte adduces Diocles of Carystus fr. 196 van der Eijk) where it is defined as a type of garlic, and Hesychius pi2138 and Photius, where it is the innermost part of garlic. See also Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 7.4.12. The form fusi/ggh is attested only in scholia to Aristophanes and the derivative Suda entries. ↩

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π1434Πεφυσιγγωμένοιgarlic-excited[Meaning they who are] puffed up [by it]. The outside peel of garlic-bulbs is [called] a fu/sigc; the fusi/ggh. So he jested about this too at the expense of the Megarians, because they have many garlic-bulbs. Or…

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φ858Φύσειby nature φ859Φύσηνbreath φ860Φύσιγγεςblisters φ861Φυσίζῳοςlife-producing φ862Φυσικὸς λόγοςphysical discourse

Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Nov 2014

26 Nov 2014tweak — Catharine Roth
14 Feb 2014expanded n.1; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
13 Feb 2014coding, status — Catharine Roth
13 Feb 2014Translated — William Hutton

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