κνέφαλλον
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)
τό, A wool torn off in carding or fulling cloth, flock, used for stuffing cushions or pillows: hence, cushion, pillow, E.Fr.676, Cratin.99, Eup.228, Ar.Fr.19, etc. (prob. in IG12.330.22, cf. Demioprat. ap.Poll.10.39); κνάφαλλον, γνάφαλλον (cf. κνάπτω, γνάπτω) are freq. as vv.ll.; γνάφαλλα, PCair.Zen.298 (iii B.C.); Aeol. γνόφαλλον Alc.34.6.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κνέφαλλον: τὸ, ἔριον ἀπορριφθὲν κατὰ τὴν κατεργασίαν τοῦ μαλλοῦ ἢ τῶν ὑφασμάτων, «ἀπομεινάρι», ἐκ τοιούτων κνεφάλλων ἐπληροῦντο στρωμάτια καὶ προσκεφάλαια, καὶ ἐντεῦθεν τὸ κνέφαλλον σημαίνει στρῶμα ἢ προσκεφάλαιον, Εὐρ. Ἀποσπ. 677, Κρατῖν. ἐν «Μαλθακοῖς» 3, Εὔπολ. ἐν «Πόλεσιν» 36, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 84, κτλ.· κνάφαλλον, γνάφαλλον (ἅπερ, ἐν σχέσει πρὸς τὰ κνάπτω, γνάπτω, φαίνονται ὡς οἱ ὀρθότεροι τύποι) φέρονται συχνάκις ὡς διάφ. γραφαί, πρβλ. Meineke εἰς Κρατῖν. ἔνθ᾿ ἀνωτ.· Αἰολ. γνόφαλλον Ἀλκαῖ. 34. Πρβλ. τύλη, καὶ ὡσαύτως γναφάλιον.
