Τέναρος

Tenaros, Tenarus

Translated by David Whitehead5 Nov 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

4 words

Translation

A criminal, a sykophant.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τέναρος· κακοῦργος, συκοφάντης.

Betacode
*te/naros: kakou=rgos, sukofa/nths. 

Notes

  1. Same entry in other lexica. LSJ s.v. construes the headword as a generic term, and tentatively compares Hesychius' plural lemma (not in the Suda) tewrei=s, glossed as drape/tai, kakou=rgoi, lh|stai/. However, it seems at least as likely that it is a proper name, with the glosses characterising an individual rather than providing synonyms for an otherwise unattested noun. (For Tenaros as a proper name see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.672A (15.12 Kaibel), unjustifiably emended to Tainaros by Meineke; T. there is a writer cited for a remark about withes.)

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Revision history3 revisions · last 12 Aug 2011
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded note — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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