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Headword: Φάλαγξ
Adler number: phi,33
Translated headword: venomous spider
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
In the feminine, a spider. Plato in Hellas [writes]: "the laws seem to us to be like these thin spider-webs, which the spider weaves on the walls."[1]
Greek Original:
Φάλαγξ: θηλυκῶς, ὁ ἀράχνης. Πλάτων Ἑλλάδι: ἐοίκασιν ἡμῖν οἱ νόμοι τούτοισι τοῖσι λεπτοῖς ἀραχνίοις, ἃ τοῖσι τοίχοισιν ἡ φάλαγξ ὑφαίνει.
Notes:
cf. phi 34.
[1] Plato Comicus fr. 22 Kock.
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; law; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 11 December 2010@19:08:10.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (notes; more keywords; cosmetics) on 13 December 2010@03:09:06.
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