Ψυχρολογία

nonsense

Translated by Nicholas Wilshere5 Nov 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 19 words
[Meaning] deceitful speech, ill-timed speech.1
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'nonsense-talking fellow', [meaning] he who says nothing good.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ψυχρολογία· ψευδολογία, ἀκαιρολογία. καὶ Ψυχρολόγος ἄνθρωπος, ὁ μηδὲν ἀγαθὸν λέγων.

Betacode
*yuxrologi/a: yeudologi/a, a)kairologi/a. kai\ *yuxrolo/gos a)/nqrwpos, o( mhde\n a)gaqo\n le/gwn.

Notes (2)

  1. Same or similar material, variously, in other lexica.
    cf. generally psi 176, psi 177.
  2. 1For this headword cf. under lambda 232. It is perhaps extracted here from Lucian. ↩
  3. 2Similarly already in Hesychius (but without 'fellow'). ↩

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ψ173Ψυχουλκούμενοςbeing at one's last gaspψ174Ψυχωφελέςprofiting the soulψ175Ψυχρολογίαnonsenseψ176Ψυχρόςfrigidψ177Ψυχρὸς ἄνθρωποςcold fellow
Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Aug 2023
  1. typo — Catharine Roth
  2. expanded notes — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
  4. added note and another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Nicholas Wilshere

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