Θυμοβόρος
spirit-eating
Translated by William Hutton23 Feb 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] that which destroys the soul.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θυμοβόρος· ἡ τὴν ψυχὴν διαφθείρουσα.
Betacode
*qumobo/ros: h( th\n yuxh\n diafqei/rousa.
Notes
- Homeric epithet of
e)/ris "strife" (hence the feminine gloss); also used by Aeschylus and Apollonius Rhodius.
Same or similar entry in other lexica (see the references at Photius theta265 Theodoridis), including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 7.210, where the headword occurs.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Apr 2015
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- Added note and keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton