σμῆριγξ
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
English (LSJ)
ιγγος, ἡ,
A hair, Lyc.37, Poll.2.22; esp. on the thighs and necks of dogs, Hsch. II σμῆρι<γ>ξ· πόα, καὶ εἶδος ἀκάνθης, Id.; cf. μῆριγξ.
German (Pape)
[Seite 911] ἡ, = μῆριγξ (w. m. s.), Lycophr. 37.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σμῆριγξ: -ιγγος, ἡ, = μῆριγξ, Λυκόφρ. 37, Πολυδ. Β΄, 22. - «πλεκταί, σειραί. βόστρυχοι, καὶ τῶν κυνῶν ἐν τοῖς μηροῖς καὶ τοῖς αὐχέσιν ὀρθαὶ τρίχες», καὶ «σμῆριγξ· πόα. καὶ εἶδος ἀκάνθης».
Frisk Etymological English
See also: s. μῆριγξ.
Frisk Etymology German
σμῆριγξ: {smē̃rigks}
See also: s. μῆριγξ.
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