ε2758Ἐπιφυλλίδα
leaf-sitter
[Meaning] a grape-picking; or a small cluster. The ones in the leaves. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "these are leaf-sitters and mouth-flappings." Meaning babblers and demagogues. In reference to those who seem to be…
Ἐπιφυλλίδα· ῥαγολογίαν· ἤτοι μικρὸν βοτρύδιον. τὰ ἐπὶ τοῖς φύλλοις. Ἀριστοφάνης Βατράχοις· ἐπιφυλλίδες ταῦτ' ἔστι καὶ στωμύλματα. ἀντὶ τοῦ λάλοι καὶ πιθανολόγοι. ἐπὶ τῶν δοκούντων…
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