Suda On Line
Search
|
Search results for omicron,320 in Adler number:
Headword:
*)/omfac
Adler number: omicron,320
Translated headword: unripe fruit
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] something that is[1] raw. Raw [w)mo/s] as regards eating [fagei=n].
And [there is] a proverb: 'a Sicilian is eating unripe fruit'.[2]
Greek Original:*)/omfac: w)mo/fac tis w)/n. o( w)mo\s ei)s to\ fagei=n. kai\ paroimi/a: *sikelo\s o)mfaki/zetai.
Notes:
For the headword see also
omicron 319 (and generally LSJ s.v.).
[1] Here masculine, but plainly a 'thing' is meant. (Other lexica have the feminine, implying
stafulh/.) The word
w)mo/fac is a hypothetical form attested only in grammarians and lexicography.
[2] cf.
sigma 392.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 1 November 2001@06:24:41.
Vetted by:
No. of records found: 1
Page 1
End of search