Στραγός
complicated, irregular
Translated by Patrick Manuello8 Aug 2009Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] shameless,1 crooked, twisted, troublesome.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στραγός· ἀναιδής, σκολιός, στρεβλός, δύσκολος.
Betacode
*strago/s: a)naidh/s, skolio/s, streblo/s, du/skolos.
Notes (1)
- Likewise in the Synagoge (sigma244) and Photius' Lexicon (sigma599 Theodoridis), and cf. Hesychius sigma1959. The spelling of the headword as
strago/s is peculiar to these lexica; the regular form isstraggo/s . See generally LSJ s.v. at web address 1.
As to sense, particularly noteworthy is the medical meaning relating to complicated and irregular diseases: cf. Rufus in Oribasius 8.24.30 and Cassius, Problemata 14. This meaning can be related to the use of the adjectivedu/skolos -- the fourth of the present glosses -- within the medical corpus of Hippocrates (cf. Coan Prognoses 1.3).
See also sigma 1161; and more generally sigma 1157, sigma 1158, sigma 1159, sigma 1162, sigma 1163. - 1cf. iota 736. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- σ1161Στραγότεροςmore crooked, rather crooked, more irregular, rather irregular[Meaning] more/rather shameless. Saint Basil in Against Drunkards [writes]: "[I fear] that the unruly man may become more crooked/irregular, but the compunctionate man be swallowed up by more excessive distress."
- σ1189Στρεβλόςtwisted[Meaning] difficult.
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