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Headword: *baka/ntibos
Adler number: beta,44
Translated headword: loiterer
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning an] idler, one who does not mind his own business.
Greek Original:
*baka/ntibos: sxolasth\s, mh\ parame/nwn tw=| pra/gmati au)tou=.
Note:
Transliteration of Latin vacantivus; cf. beta 43. Same gloss in Photius (Lexicon beta28). The plural baka/ntiboi occurs in Synesius' Epistle 66, characterized by the writer as a foreign ("slightly barbarous") word.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 13 April 2002@22:23:39.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added note) on 14 April 2002@01:11:00.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 18 May 2012@05:44:08.
Catharine Roth (tweak) on 3 June 2012@00:13:58.
David Whitehead on 15 September 2015@03:43:44.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 30 January 2016@01:59:12.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 31 January 2016@00:35:33.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 23 April 2023@01:28:30.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 17 October 2023@00:42:55.
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