Ψωμόλεθρος

bread-destroyer

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Sep 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

7 words

[Meaning] one who is a big eater.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ψωμόλεθρος· ὁ πολυφάγος.

Betacode

*ywmo/leqros: o( polufa/gos.

Notes

A comic compound, for a "parasite" (pi 433).
cf. Herodian, Partitiones 203, commenting on the orthography requiring omicron, as in sito/leqros and yuxo/leqros.
ps.-Zonaras also has the related abstract noun ywmoleqri/a.

Linked from1 entry

ψ136Ψωμόςmorsel[Meaning] bread.

Neighbouring entries

ψ133ΨωμιῶI will hand-feed, I will feed with morsels ψ134Ψωμοκόλακεςbread-flatterers ψ135Ψωμόλεθροςbread-destroyer ψ136Ψωμόςmorsel ψ137Ψώραitch, mange, scurvy

Revision history5 revisions · last 6 Nov 2013

6 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
23 Apr 2010another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
25 Sep 2005augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Sep 2005cosmetics — Catharine Roth
15 Sep 2005added note, keyword, set status — Antonella Ippolito
14 Sep 2005Translated — Catharine Roth