κεγχρίας
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ,
A like grains of millet. κ. ἕρπης an eruption on the skin, Gal.7.722, 10.1009. II serpent with millet-like protuberances on the skin, Philum.Ven.22.1:—alsoκεγχρ-ιδίας, Dsc.Ther.32; cf. κέγχρος 111:
German (Pape)
[Seite 1410] ὁ, wie ein Hirsekorn; – a) ἕρπης, ein Hautausschlag, der wie Hirsekörner aussieht, Galen. – b) eine Schlangenart, vgl. κεγχρίς, κεγχριδίας, κεγχράνης.
