κ313Κανθήλιος
pack-ass
[sc. Someone] slow to understand, or dull. Or a large ass/donkey. Xenophon says: "in Babylon the date-palms are not less than a plethron in size: indeed, when they are under great pressure, they bend upwards, just like…
Κανθήλιος· βραδὺς νοῆσαι, ἢ ἀφυής. ἢ ὄνος μέγας. Ξενοφῶν λέγει· ὅτι ἐν Βαβυλῶνι οἱ φοίνικες οὐ μεῖον ἢ πλεθριαῖοι τὸ μέγεθος γίνονται· οἳ δὴ πιεζόμενοι ὑπὸ βάρους ἄνω κυρτοῦνται,…
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