Σμικρολόγος
penny-pinching
Translated by William Hutton8 Mar 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a thrifty person.
"[that] often entertaining us in his house he let us go while still hungry."1
"[that] often entertaining us in his house he let us go while still hungry."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σμικρολόγος· ὁ φειδωλός. πολλάκις κατ' οἶκον ἑστιῶντα ἡμᾶς ἀπολύειν ἔτι πεινῶντας.
Betacode
*smikrolo/gos: o( feidwlo/s. polla/kis kat' oi)=kon e(stiw=nta h(ma=s a)polu/ein e)/ti peinw=ntas.
Notes (1)
- cf. the scholia to Aelius Aristeides 139.1, and see also mu 1048, where one finds similar treatment of
mikrolo/gos, of which the current headword is a variant. So also Phrynichus the Atticist fr. 336; Hesychius mu1342; Synagoge mu220; Photius, Lexicon mu448 Theodoridis. - 1Quotation (possibly transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. Adler reports, with apparent approval, that Hemsterhuis connected it with a longer quotation in tau 888 (identified as Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 24 Asmus, 51 Zintzen, 26C Athanassiadi; also quoted at upsilon 739), though the current quotation would be rather redundant if it occurred in the same passage. The quotation does not contain any form of the headword, but describes the actions of a person who might be characterized by the headword. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- μ1048Μικρολόγοςpetty-minded, reckoning within narrow margins[Meaning one who is] short-sighted, parsimonious. And Eunapius [writes]: "with Hormisdas the Persian within a narrow margin of having reversed the circumstances [...]"
- τ888Τραγήματαdesserts, sweetmeats"And when many were dining together, he would sometimes serve for desserts three or four nuts, and (if it was a good day), five or six dried figs. And if we spoke up in a very polite manner and asked for more, he might…
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 26 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton