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Headword:
*fu/za
Adler number: phi,814
Translated headword: rout
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] cowardice, flight.[1]
Also [sc. attested is] fuzale/os ['flighty'], [meaning] cowardly.[2] "And he repulsed the bloodthirsty, flighty [lion]."[3]
Greek Original:*fu/za: deili/a, fugh/. kai\ *fuzale/os, o( deilo/s. w)mhsta\n d' e)/trape fuzale/on.
Notes:
[1] Probably from commentary to
Homer,
Iliad 9.2, where the headword (a feminine noun) appears; cf.
scholia ad loc.,
Hesychius phi951, epsilon7625.
[2] In addition to this entry and the quotation that follows, this adjective (here nominative singular masculine) is attested only at
Oppian,
Halieutica 4.570, and in
scholia thereto.
[3]
Greek Anthology 6.237.6 (
Antistius), exhibiting the accusative singular masculine form of the secondary lemma. On this epigram, in which a
Gallus beats his timbrel in order to frighten away an attacking lion, see Gow and Page vol. I (124-125) and vol. II (145-146). The Galli (cf.
gamma 41,
gamma 42) were eunuch priests of Kybele (
kappa 2586).
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
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Translated by: William Hutton on 11 February 2014@11:05:14.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (tweak, status) on 11 February 2014@23:49:55.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics; raised status) on 12 February 2014@06:16:30.
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