Σκῶλος

spike

Translated by William Hutton1 Mar 2014Vetting: high2 revisions

3 notes · 54 words
[Meaning] a kind of thorn, or a trap.1
"I would stick spikes into his shameless eyes while he is alive, and, if it were permitted, I would eat him raw."2
And elsewhere: "pull out the spike for me, which, evil thing, found its way into my hoof." The donkey says this to the wolf.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σκῶλος· εἶδος ἀκάνθης, ἢ σκάνδαλον. τοῦ μὲν ἐγὼ ζώοντος ἀναιδέσιν ἐμπήξαιμι σκώλους ὀφθαλμοῖσι, καί, εἰ θέμις, ὠμὰ πασαίμην. καὶ αὖθις· ἔκ μοι σκῶλον ἔρυσον, ὅ μοι κακὸν ἔμπεσεν ὁπλῇ. ὁ ὄνος φησὶ πρὸς τὸν λύκον.

Betacode
*skw=los: ei)=dos a)ka/nqhs, h)\ ska/ndalon. tou= me\n e)gw\ zw/ontos a)naide/sin e)mph/caimi skw/lous o)fqalmoi=si, kai/, ei) qe/mis, w)ma\ pasai/mhn. kai\ au)=qis: e)/k moi skw=lon e)/ruson, o(/ moi kako\n e)/mpesen o(plh=|. o( o)/nos fhsi\ pro\s to\n lu/kon.

Notes (3)

  1. 1= Synagoge sigma148, Photius sigma397 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius sigma1067, sigma1212. Probably from commentary to Homer, Iliad 13.564, where the headword occurs; cf. scholia ad loc. ↩
  2. 2Callimachus, Hecale fr. 368. ↩
  3. 3Precise source unidentifiable, but evidently a variant of the many donkey-and-wolf fables in the Aesopic corpus; e.g. Babrius 2.122. ↩

Neighbouring entries

σ684Σκώληξearthwormσ685ΣκώλιαSkolia, Askoliaσ686Σκῶλοςspikeσ687Σκωμμάτιονlittle jestσ688Σκώπτηςscoffer
Revision history2 revisions · last 2 Mar 2014
  1. tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
  2. set status — Catharine Roth
  3. Translated — William Hutton

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