Ῥαθάμιγγες

spots, bits

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Sep 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 14 words

[Meaning] drops;¹ or the dust from the horses; but some [say it means] drips.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥαθάμιγγες· ῥανίδες· ἢ ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων κονιορτός· οἱ δὲ σταγόνας.

Betacode

*(raqa/migges: r(ani/des: h)\ o( a)po\ tw=n i(/ppwn koniorto/s: oi( de\ stago/nas.

Notes (2)

Same or similar glosses in other lexica; references at Photius rho23 Theodoridis.
1From a scholion on Homer, Iliad 11.536, where the nominative plural headword occurs (web address 1). ↩
2Likewise Apollonius the Sophist, Homeric Lexicon 138.11. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ρ20Ῥᾳδιουργόςeasy-operator ρ21Ῥαζεῖνto growl, to snarl ρ22Ῥαθάμιγγεςspots, bits ρ23Ῥᾳθυμεῖνto relax ρ24Ῥᾳθυμίαrelaxation, laziness

Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Jun 2014

13 Jun 2014coding — Catharine Roth
24 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
23 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
6 Sep 2010tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Sep 2010Translated — Catharine Roth