λώβη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[outrage]], [[dishonour]], αἶσχος λώβη τε <span class="bibl">18.225</span>; <b class="b3">λώβην λωβᾶσθαι</b> (v. [[λωβάομαι]]) <b class="b3">; τείσετε λ</b>. ye shall pay for the [[outrage]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.142</span>; ἀπὸ πᾶσαν ἐμοὶ δόμεναι… λ. <span class="bibl">9.387</span>; but <b class="b3">λ. τείσασθαι</b> exact retribution for [[an outrage]], i.e. avenge it, <span class="bibl">19.208</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.20.169</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>181</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ λώβᾳ</b> for [[ruin]] or [[destruction]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>792</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>647</span> (lyr.); ὡς ἐπὶ λώβᾳ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>882</span> (lyr.); λ. καὶ διαφθορά <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>91c</span>, etc.; esp. [[mutilation]], [[maiming]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.154</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1392</span>; λώβας λωβηθείς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>473c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[a disgrace]], λώβην τ' ἔμεναι καὶ ὑπόψιον <span class="bibl">Il.3.42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>165</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Herod.7.95</span>; <b class="b3">ποιητῶν λῶβαι</b>, of the Grammarians, <span class="title">AP</span>11.322 (Antiphan.); <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ Ἀρκάδεσσι λώβα</b> no [[insult]] to the Arcadians, <span class="bibl">Alc. 38</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[a form of leprosy]], Gal.14.757.</span>