Τρωγοδύται
ὁ γὰρ μανθάνων κιθαρίζειν κιθαρίζων μανθάνει κιθαρίζειν → he who is learning the harp, learns the harp by harping
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], οἱ, name of an Ethiopian people, Hdt.4.183 (codd.ABC), LXX2 Ch.12.3 (cod. B), Pap. in Class.Phil.19.233,234 (iii B. C.), OGI70 (Egypt, iii B. C.), PTheb.Bank9.2 (i B. C.), Sammelb. 4050, Cic.Div.2.44.93, Plin.HN6.173, al., Mela 1.23, Mart.Cap.6.593, al., v.l. in D.S.1.37: sg. in PCair.Zen.40.2 (iii B. C.), PSI4.332.14 (iii B. C.): hence Τρωγοδῠτικός, ή, όν, A belonging to the Τρωγοδύται, σμύρνα, cf. τρωγλῖτις (where Τρωγλ-) ; -κή, ἡ, their country, D.S. 1.30 (cf. p.lxxi Vogel), Plin.HN6.169, al.; also ἡ Τρωγοδύτις [ῠ] (Τρωγλ-codd.), ιδος, Plu.2.939d, Ael.NA17.3:—the spelling Τρωγλο- (as if A Cave-dwellers) is known to Str.1.2.34 (unless the passage is interpolated) and is freq. f.l. in codd. (so always in codd.Str., as 16.4.4, 17.1.13, al., although he wrote it ἄνευ τοῦ λ acc. to Str.Chr. 16.55), cf. Arist.HA597a9, Dsc.2.160, Hsch.
Greek Monolingual
οἱ, Α
οι Τρωγλοδύτες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ Παρλλ. τ. της λ. Τρωγλοδύται, χωρίς να είναι δυνατόν να εξακριβωθεί ποιος από τους δύο τ. είναι ο αρχικός].
