Suda On Line
Search
|
Search results for alpha,255 in Adler number:
Headword:
Ἀγκυλοχείλης
καὶ
Ἀγκυλόχειλος
Adler number: alpha,255
Translated headword: crooked-beaked
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Bent-beaked, an epithet of the eagle, which has curved talons.[1] But in reference to Cleon [it means] having crooked hands for theft and seizure.
Greek Original:Ἀγκυλοχείλης καὶ Ἀγκυλόχειλος: σκολιόχειλος, ἐπίθετον τοῦ ἀετοῦ, ἐπικαμπεῖς τὰς χηλὰς ἔχων. ἐπὶ δὲ Κλέωνος, ἀγκύλας τὰς χεῖρας ἔχων πρὸς τὸ κλέπτειν καὶ ἁρπάζειν.
Notes:
The headword actually presents two words (related to
chi 225) that differ only in having different adjectival endings:
ἀγκυλοχείλης and
ἀγκυλόχειλος ; LSJ only documents the existence of the former.
[1] From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Knights 197 (web address 1 below), where an adjective variously transmitted as
ἀγκυλοχείλης or
ἀγκυλοχήλης ('crooked clawed', from
chi 276) is applied to Cleon (
kappa 1731). The latter is what modern editors rightly print, but note that in late Greek the two words would have been homophones. See LSJ at
ἀγκυλοχήλης (web address 2).
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1
Web address 2
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; ethics; imagery; medicine; politics; zoology
Translated by: Roger Travis on 4 October 2000@11:53:19.
Vetted by:William Hutton (Modified headword and translation, augmented notes and added links, added keywords, set status) on 15 June 2001@09:32:39.
David Whitehead (added x-ref; restorative cosmetics) on 10 February 2003@09:16:21.
David Whitehead (tweaked notes; more keywords; cosmetics) on 1 June 2009@04:19:34.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks) on 4 January 2012@08:56:26.
No. of records found: 1
Page 1
End of search