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Headword: Ἀγύρτης
Adler number: alpha,389
Translated headword: mendicant
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A charlatan and a cheat. To collect [money] and make a collection [of it], to go around and wander around boasting about a victory or something else of the sort. The agyrtes is also the name of a throw at dice.[1]
"He censured him for being afraid of oracles and always wanting to turn over his household affairs to mendicants."[2]
Also [sc. attested is] ἀγυρτικά , abundant lies.[3]
Also [sc. attested is] ἀγυρτώδη , vulgarities.
Greek Original:
Ἀγύρτης: ὁ ἀλαζὼν καὶ ἀπατεών. τὸ δὲ ἀγείρειν καὶ τὸ περιαγείρειν, τὸ περιϊέναι καὶ περινοστεῖν ἐπὶ νίκῃ ἤ τινι ἑτέρῳ τοιούτῳ σεμνύνειν. ὁ δὲ ἀγύρτης καὶ κυβευτικοῦ βόλου ὄνομά ἐστιν. ἐμέμφετο αὐτοῦ τὸ περὶ τὰς μαντείας ἐπτοημένον καὶ βουλόμενον ἀεὶ τοῖς ἀγύρταις ἐπιτρέπειν τὰ οἰκεῖα πράγματα. καὶ Ἀγυρτικὰ, χυδαῖα ψεύσματα. καὶ Ἀγυρτώδη, συρφετώδη.
Notes:
See already alpha 388 (and alpha 387).
[1] Same material in Photius and other lexica.
[2] Damascius [cf. alpha 388] fr. 215 Zintzen.
[3] Same glossing of this neuter plural in other lexica.
Keywords: biography; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; ethics; religion
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 27 March 1999@18:08:38.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; cosmetics) on 17 July 2001@09:42:19.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keyword; cosmetics) on 7 February 2011@10:08:57.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 9 January 2012@05:14:12.
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