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Headword: *xola/des
Adler number: chi,377
Translated headword: guts
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the entrails.[1]
In the Epigrams: "and a lance which often tasted the enemies' guts."[2]
Greek Original:
*xola/des: ta\ e)/ntera. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: a)ntibi/wn te polla/kis e)gxei/hn geusame/nhn xola/dwn.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica and grammars, and see also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.536 = 21.181, where the nominative plural headword occurs.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.81.1-2 , Paul the Silentiary (using the genitive plural of the headword), already quoted at epsilon 178. Find further quotes from this epigram at alpha 1136 and beta 50.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; medicine; military affairs; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 2 February 2006@18:39:40.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 3 February 2006@03:25:09.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 12 November 2013@07:06:39.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 1 June 2023@22:18:43.
Ronald Allen (added cross-references n.2) on 11 August 2023@22:20:13.

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