Πάππος

chin-down, pappos

Translated by David Whitehead27 Feb 2004Vetting: high5 revisions

14 words

[Meaning] the hairs on the lower lip -- moustache being those on the upper.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πάππος· αἱ ἐπὶ τοῦ κάτω χείλους τρίχες, μύσταξ δὲ αἱ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἄνω.

Betacode

*pa/ppos: ai( e)pi\ tou= ka/tw xei/lous tri/xes, mu/stac de\ ai( e)pi\ tou= a)/nw.

Notes

For this sense of pa/ppos see LSJ s.v., II.2.
Same entry in Photius (Lexicon pi187 Theodoridis), and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 24.348 (see upsilon 427).

Linked from1 entry

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Neighbouring entries

π262ΠαπίριοςPapirios, Papirius π263ΠάποροςPaporos, Paporus π264Πάπποςchin-down, pappos π265ΠάπποςPappos, Pappus π266Παππῷονancestral

Revision history5 revisions · last 21 May 2016

21 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
14 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
29 Aug 2011another note — David Whitehead
4 Mar 2004added note and another keyword — David Whitehead
4 Mar 2004added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
27 Feb 2004Translated — David Whitehead