Ψύλλειον

flea-wort

Translated by David Whitehead1 Jan 2006Vetting: high7 revisions

2 notes · 14 words
A plant.1
Also [sc. attested is] yulli/zw ["I catch fleas"]; [used] with an accusative.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ψύλλειον· βοτάνη. καὶ Ψυλλίζω· αἰτιατικῇ.

Betacode
*yu/lleion: bota/nh. kai\ *yulli/zw: ai)tiatikh=|.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Plantago psyllium. [Also a Black Sea toponym in Ptolemy, Geography 5.1.7; the 'Psillion' of Barrington Atlas map 52 grid F2.] ↩
  2. 2Cognate, presumably. Besides here, the verb is attested only once, apparently in the middle voice, of an ascetic searching himself for fleas. ↩

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Revision history7 revisions · last 23 Aug 2023
  1. tweaked note — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. typo and other cosmetics; augmented notes — David Whitehead
  6. notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  8. Translated — David Whitehead

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