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Headword: *spata/lh
Adler number: sigma,911
Translated headword: idleness
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] luxuriousness.[1]
"The mice are dancing now, having taken advantage of your idleness".[2] He is speaking of a mouser, that is, a domestic cat.[3]
Greek Original:
*spata/lh: h( trufh/. oi( de\ mu/es nu=n o)rxou=ntai, th=s sh=s draca/menoi spata/lhs. ka/ttou fhsi\n h)/toi ai)lou/rou katoikidi/ou.
Notes:
[1] cf. already Hesychius sigma1430 (equivalent entry but using Doric dative singulars).
[2] Greek Anthology 7.206.5-6 (Damocharis the grammarian). Find additional excerpts from this epigram at alpha 1034, alpha 1292, and alpha 2175. For cats in the Suda cf. alphaiota 185.
[3] cf. kappa 1062.
Reference:
On ancient cats see generally OCD4 under "pets"
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; poetry; zoology
Translated by: William Hutton on 13 March 2001@00:39:31.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note, bibliography, keyword; cosmetics) on 13 March 2001@03:39:10.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 22 September 2008@01:08:42.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; cosmetics) on 31 December 2013@06:00:57.
David Whitehead on 9 August 2014@11:48:42.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 24 March 2022@01:00:40.
Ronald Allen (added cross-references n.2) on 7 September 2023@21:26:53.
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