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Headword: Λῆρος
Adler number: lambda,469
Translated headword: silly
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Babbling, speaking in vain.[1]
"For many of these things seemed to me silliness and nonsense even from my childhood."[2]
Greek Original:
Λῆρος: φλύαρος, ματαιόφημος. πολλὰ γάρ μοι ταῦτα καὶ ἐκ μειρακίων ἐδόκει λῆροί τε καὶ φλήναφοι.
Notes:
[1] The gloss treats the word as an adjective, but in Aelian (see next note) it is used as the noun "trifles, babble". The gloss is also in Photius; the word ματαιόφημος occurs elsewhere only in Michael Syncellus (8-9C) Encomium in sanctum Isacium et Dalmatum 26.
[2] Aelian fr.27 Hercher, quoted rather differently at chi 480. See also theta 472.
Keywords: children; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; rhetoric
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 4 April 2009@22:37:05.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 5 April 2009@05:07:19.
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