Σκομβρίζει

mumbles

Translated by William Hutton27 Feb 2014Vetting: high3 revisions

3 words

[Meaning he/she/it] grumbles.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σκομβρίζει· γογγύζει.

Betacode

*skombri/zei: goggu/zei.

Notes

= Photius sigma358 Theodoridis. The headword (present indicative active, third person singular) must be quoted from somewhere but is attested only in lexicography, where this verb has two (related?) meanings ascribed to it: the one given here and the one given in the next entry (sigma 652), where it refers to a noisy slap on the belly or rear delivered with the foot. Hesychius sigma1082 alludes to both definitions.

Linked from1 entry

σ652Σκομβρίσαιto foot-slapIn Juba, in [book] 2 [of] On the Corruption of Language it is explained as a sort of outrageous prank, and of someone striking across the belly with the flat of his foot so as to produce a noise.

Neighbouring entries

σ649Σκολύθριαottomans σ650Σκόλυθρονlowly σ651Σκομβρίζειmumbles σ652Σκομβρίσαιto foot-slap σ653ΣκόπαςSkopas, Scopas

Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Feb 2014

27 Feb 2014expanded note; another keyword; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
27 Feb 2014tweaked note — William Hutton
27 Feb 2014set status — Catharine Roth
27 Feb 2014Translated — William Hutton