Πτίλλος

blepharitic

Translated by William Hutton28 Sep 2013Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words

[Meaning] one who is runny in the eyelids.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πτίλλος· ὁ μαδαρὸς τοῖς βλεφάροις.

Betacode

*pti/llos: o( madaro\s toi=s blefa/rois.

= Synagoge pi762; Photius, Lexicon pi1477 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius pi4227 where the headword (spelled there pti=los) is defined a bit more clearly as "runny and peeled [i.e. suffering dermatolysis?] at the eyes." Adler, Latte and Theodoridis all follow Schleusner in taking this as a comment on Leviticus 21:20 LXX, where the word is used to describe one of a number of conditions that make someone ineligible for making offerings at the temple.

Revision history4 revisions · last 25 May 2016