ὄνιννος
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
ὁ, parasite found in sea-weed, perh. A millepede, Thphr.HP 4.6.8 codd.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: name of a parasite in seaweed, kind of millepede (Thphr. HP 4, 6, 8).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: After Strömberg Wortstudien 11 f. to be analysed as ὄν-ιννος, from ὄνος and ἴννος (s. dd.); most improbable. Most prob. a Pre-Greek word (not in Furnée).
Frisk Etymology German
ὄνιννος: {óninnos}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Bez. eines Schmarotzers im Meertang, ‘Art Tausend- füßer’ (Thphr. HP 4, 6, 8).
Etymology : Nach Strömberg Wortstudien 11 f. in ὄνιννος, von ὄνος und ἴννος (s. dd.), zu zerlegen.
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