Σίπαλος
ugly
Translated by David Whitehead21 Jan 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] shapeless.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σίπαλος· ὁ ἄμορφος.
Betacode
*si/palos: o( a)/morfos.
Notes
- Similarly in other lexica, esp. Etymologicum Magnum 714.5-6, which quotes a hexameter line taken to come from Callimachus: see LSJ s.v., and more explicitly Pfeiffer, designating it Hecale fr. 289 (
a)lla\ su\ me\n sipalo/s te kai\ o)fqalmoi=sin e)/fhlos "but you are ugly and have specks in your eyes").
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Revision history2 revisions · last 22 Jan 2014
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead