Παιγνιημονέστατος

extremely game-skilled

Translated by Catharine Roth14 May 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

5 words
[Meaning someone] expert in games.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παιγνιημονέστατος· τοῖς παιγνίοις ἐπιστήμων.

Betacode
*paignihmone/statos: toi=s paigni/ois e)pisth/mwn.

Notes

  1. Superlative of paignih/mwn (see e.g. Herodotus 2.173.1, of Amasis), itself a variant of paignh/mwn. As the headword is suitable for iambic verse, it may come from an unknown comedy (but NB: ps.-Zonaras has it as paignhmone/statos).

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π842Παιανισμόςpaean-singingπ843Παιγνίαentertainmentπ844Παιγνιημονέστατοςextremely game-skilledπ845Παίγνιονgame, joke, toyπ846Παιδαγωγηθεῖσαν πόλινtutored city
Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Jun 2021
  1. another keyword — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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