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Headword:
*telxi=nes
Adler number: tau,293
Translated headword: Telchines
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [The name of] wicked spirits. Or spiteful and malign humans.[1]
There were two Telchines,
Simon and Nikon. But Nikon was the stronger and obliterated mention of
Simon.[2] And [there is] a proverb: 'I know
Simon and
Simon [knows] me'. In reference to people recognising evil in each other.[3]
Also [sc. attested is the adjective]
*telxi/neios.[4]
*telxi=nes: ponhroi\ dai/mones. h)\ a)/nqrwpoi fqoneroi\ kai\ ba/skanoi. du/o e)ge/nonto *telxi=nes, *si/mwn kai\ *ni/kwn. u(peri/sxuse de\ o( *ni/kwn th\n e)pi\ *si/mwni fh/mhn a)palei=yai. kai\ paroimi/a: oi)=da *si/mwna kai\ *si/mwn e)me/. e)pi\ tw=n a)llh/lous e)pi\ kaki/a| ginwsko/ntwn. kai\ *telxi/neios.
Notes:
See also
tau 294 (and under
theta 103); generally A.H. Griffiths in OCD(4) s.v.
[1] Similarly in the
Synagoge,
Photius'
Lexicon (tau142 Theodoridis), and elsewhere; only the Suda has 'humans'.
[2] An odd claim, here immediately falsified.
[3] cf.
omicroniota 26.
[4] Only in lexicography.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 March 2010@05:41:56.
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