Προΐκτης

beggar

Translated by Ioannis Doukas3 Sep 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 14 words
[Meaning] the mendicant.1
"[... seers, whom] they also call beggars and cheats and altar-ambushers."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προΐκτης· ὁ ἐπαίτης. προΐκτας καὶ γόητας καὶ βωμολόχους ἀποκαλοῦσι.

Betacode
*proi/+kths: o( e)pai/ths. proi/+ktas kai\ go/htas kai\ bwmolo/xous a)pokalou=si.

Notes (2)

  1. cf. pi 2418.
  2. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 17.352, where the headword occurs (web address 1); again 17.449 (web address 2). ↩
  3. 2Artemidorus, Onirocriticon 1. prol.36-38. For 'altar-ambushers' see beta 486, beta 487, beta 488, beta 489. ↩

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π2430Πρόϊζαthe day before yesterdayπ2431ΠροΐζωI place first (?)π2432Προΐκτηςbeggarπ2433ΠροΐσταμαιI choose, I prefer, I treat preferentiallyπ2434Προΐστορεςwitnesses
Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. coding, upgraded links — Catharine Roth
  3. augmented notes and keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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