Τριχοβρῶτες
hair-eaters
Translated by David Whitehead24 Feb 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[A 'hair-eater' is] a creature which eats hairs, [i.e.] moths, a woodworm.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τριχοβρῶτες· ζῷον κατεσθίον τὰς τρίχας, οἱ σῆτες, ὁ θρίψ.
Betacode
*trixobrw=tes: zw=|on katesqi/on ta\s tri/xas, oi( sh=tes, o( qri/y.
Notes
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 1111, where the headword occurs.
For the glossing terms cf. sigma 338 (and sigma 348), theta 503.
Linked from2 entries
- θ503Θριπηδέστατονmost worm-eaten, very worm-eatenMeaning devoured or destroyed. Or timbers eaten by wood-worms, by which they are scarred. qri/pes [are] a kind of worms. For a wood-worm is a creature that devours wood and horns. Hyperides in the [speech] Against…
- σ338Σήςmoth[sh/s, genitive] shto/s: a worm.
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