βωμολόχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[λοχάω]]) prop. one that waited about the altars, to [[beg]] or [[steal]] some of the meat offered thereon, ἵνα μὴ πρὸς τοῖσι βωμοῖς ἀεὶ λοχῶντες βωμολόχοι καλώμεθα Pherecr. 141; β. [[ἱερεῖς]] Man. 5.119; expld. by [[ἱερόσυλος]], Hsch., ''Et.Gud.''<br><b class="num">2</b> metaph., [[ribald]], [[coarse]], βωμολόχος [[ξυνήγορος]] Ar. ''Eq.'' 1358, cf. ''Ra.'' 1085, 1521, al., Arist. ''EN'' 1108a25, ''Rh.'' 1419b9, Luc. ''Merc. Cond.'' 24, etc.; β. [[κόλαξ]] ''AP'' 11.323 (Pall.); ''Sup.'' βωμολοχώτατος Phld. ''Mus.'' p. 77K.; [[βωμολόχον]] τι [[ἐξευρεῖν]] invent some [[ribald trick]], Ar. ''Eq.'' 1194; β. [[ἔπεσιν]] [[χαίρει]] Id. ''Ra.'' 358; [[τὸ βωμολόχον]] = [[prank]], [[ribald trick]] = [[βωμολοχία]], Plu. 2.68a sq. Adv. [[βωμολόχως]] = [[jokingly]] Procop. Arc. 9, Olymp. in ''Phd.'' p. 70N.<br><b class="num">3</b>small [[jackdaw]], Arist. ''HA'' 617b18.