Σίλλος

lampoon

Translated by David Whitehead23 Dec 2013Vetting: high2 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] mockery/scoffing.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σίλλος· χλευασμός.

Betacode

*si/llos: xleuasmo/s.

Notes

cf. already under sigma 410 (and again under tau 631).

Linked from2 entries

σ410Σιλλαίνειinsults, lampoons[Meaning he/she/it] mocks at, makes fun of [someone/something] through the eyes, and mocks. For a sillos [is] a mime, or a reproach, and also abuse. And scoffing. And one who writes such things [is] a writer of lampoons…
τ631ΤίμωνTimonFrom Phlius, and himself a philosopher, of the Pyrrhonic school, who wrote the so-called Silli or censures of philosophers in three books.

Neighbouring entries

σ413ΣιλζίβουλοςSilziboulos σ414ΣιληνόςSilenus, Silenos σ415Σίλλοςlampoon σ416ΣιλουανόςSilvanus, Silouanos, Silouan σ417Σίλουροςsilurus, (?)sheatfish

Revision history2 revisions · last 24 Dec 2013

24 Dec 2013expanded note — David Whitehead
23 Dec 2013set status — Catharine Roth
23 Dec 2013Translated — David Whitehead