Σκαιᾷ
with the left [hand]
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Jan 2011Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] with the better [hand].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σκαιᾷ· τῇ ἀριστερᾷ.
Betacode
*skaia=|: th=| a)ristera=|.
Notes
- Feminine dative singular of the archaic/poetic adjective
skaio/s (cognate with Latin scaevus). Same gloss in other lexica, and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 1.501, where the headword occurs (web address 1). The euphemistica)ristero/s is the usual prose word for "left." See also sigma 547, sigma 548, sigma 549, sigma 550; and cf.laio/s at lambda 174 and lambda 193.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- σ548Σκαιόςleft, gauche, crooked[Meaning] left, mute, bad. This is what they used to call ignorant people and stupid people and fools: from the left [hand]. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "I never saw such a rustic man anywhere, nor [so]…
- σ549Σκαιότατονmost stupid, very stupid[Meaning] uneducated. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "[you] most/very stupid little old man."
- σ550Σκαιότηςgaucherie[Meaning] foolishness, ignorance, rusticity, deceit.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 29 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth