Ψῶζα

mange, scurvy

Translated by David Whitehead24 Oct 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 38 words
A particular disease. Eupolis in Marikas [says]: '[...] who in his anger sent plague and psoza on the troops'.1 But others say it is also the type of disease, because [it entails] itching accompanied by a foul smell.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ψῶζα· νόσος τις. Εὔπολις Μαρικᾷ· ὃς θυμήνας τοῖς στρατιώταις λοιμὸν καὶ ψῶζαν ἔπεμψεν. οἱ δὲ φασὶ καὶ τὸ τῆς νόσου εἶδος, ὅτι κνησμὸς μετὰ δυσωδίας.

Betacode
*yw=za: no/sos tis. *eu)/polis *marika=|: o(\s qumh/nas toi=s stratiw/tais loimo\n kai\ yw=zan e)/pemyen. oi( de\ fasi\ kai\ to\ th=s no/sou ei)=dos, o(/ti knhsmo\s meta\ duswdi/as.

Notes (1)

  1. Likewise or similarly in other lexica.
    LSJ s.v. say that this headword yw=za 'apptly. = yw/ra' (psi 137).
  2. 1Eupolis fr. 191 Kock, now 206 K.-A. ↩

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ψ126Ψόφοςsoundψ127Ψόφου πλέωςfull of noiseψ128Ψῶζαmange, scurvyψ129Ψώθιαpsothiaψ130Ψωλὸν γενέσθαι δεῖ σε μέχρι τοῦ μυρρίνουyou must become cock-bare all the way to the root
Revision history5 revisions · last 30 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes — David Whitehead
  5. fixed typo, upped status — Ross Scaife ✝
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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