Πολυσχιδής

much-cloven

Translated by William Hutton7 Jan 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 23 words
[Meaning] many-parted.1 Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'much-cloven animals', [i.e.] human, dog, lion and anything else that happens to produce multiple offspring.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πολυσχιδής· πολυμερής. καὶ Πολυσχιδῆ ζῷα, ἄνθρωπος, κύων, λέων καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο, οἷς συμβέβηκε πολυτοκεῖν.

Betacode
*polusxidh/s: polumerh/s. kai\ *polusxidh= zw=|a, a)/nqrwpos, ku/wn, le/wn kai\ ei)/ ti a)/llo, oi(=s sumbe/bhke polutokei=n.

Notes (2)

  1. 1= Synagoge, Photius (pi1060 Theodoridis), etc.; and analogously in Hesychius s.v. polusxide/s. ↩
  2. 2Derived from Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals 1.16. Aristotle (e.g. De generatione animalium 771a) notes that most many-toed animals (which is what 'much-cloven' refers to in this case) tend to be polytocous. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π2005Πολυσπαθήςclose-wovenπ2006ΠολύστρατοςPolystratos, Polystratusπ2007Πολυσχιδήςmuch-clovenπ2008Πολυτελέςcostly, valuableπ2009Πολυτιμητιζόμενοςbeing highly esteemed
Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded n.1; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — William Hutton

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