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Headword: *folidwto/n
Adler number: phi,563
Translated headword: scaly, having reptilian scales
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] having [sc. fish-]scales.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] folidwtoi\ i)xqu/es ["scaly fish"]: lizard, and salamander, tortoise, crocodile, and every kind of snakes. These[2] are said to shed their skins at certain times, but the crocodile hibernates for 40 days in winter hidden under ground, but it does not shed its skin, as neither does the tortoise.[3]
Greek Original:
*folidwto/n: lepidwto/n. kai\ *folidwtoi\ i)xqu/es, sau=ros, kai\ salama/ndra, xelw/nh, kroko/deilos, kai\ to\ tw=n o)/fewn pa=n ge/nos. tau=ta de\ le/getai kata/ tinas kairou\s to\ gh=ras e)kdu/esqai: o( de\ kroko/deilos fwleu/ei ta\s xeimeri/nas h(me/ras m# kata\ gh=s kekrumme/nos, to\ de\ gh=ras ou)k e)kdu/etai, w(s ou)de\ h( xelw/nh.
Notes:
cf. generally phi 562.
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius phi250 Theodoridis.
[2] i.e. the snakes.
[3] Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals 3.8-13.
Keywords: chronology; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; medicine; science and technology; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 4 October 2011@01:26:04.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 4 October 2011@05:55:42.
Catharine Roth (my typos) on 4 October 2011@10:41:02.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 15 December 2013@05:13:35.
Catharine Roth (typo (mine)) on 18 April 2014@01:56:59.
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