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Headword: Δρῶπαξ
Adler number: delta,1539
Translated headword: pitch-plaster, depilatory
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A man who has adorned himself.[1]
"For I see many men who have fled for health's sake to the razor and the pitch-plaster."[2]
Greek Original:
Δρῶπαξ: ὁ κεκαλλωπισμένος ἀνήρ. πολλοὺς ὁρῶ διὰ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἐπὶ τὸν ξυρὸν καὶ τὸν δρώπακα καταφεύγοντας.
Notes:
Cf. delta 1538.
[1] Same headword and gloss in ps-Zonaras. Perhaps quoted from somewhere; in any event, an applied meaning of the headword. For such a condition cf. sigma 1109.
[2] Synesius, Praise of Baldness PG 66.1188cd.
Keywords: clothing; daily life; definition; medicine
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 24 March 2005@01:08:24.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 24 March 2005@02:54:37.
David Whitehead (typo (mine); x-ref) on 24 March 2005@10:09:01.
Catharine Roth (added another headword translation) on 27 March 2005@11:02:58.
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