σκνιπός
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
(A), ή, όν,
A niggardly, stingy, Anon.in EN182.27, Hsch.; σκνιφός, Phryn.376, cf. Moer.p.387P.
σκνῑπός (B), ή, όν,
A dim-sighted, ἢ τυφλὸς ἤ τις σκνιπός Semon.19; σκνιφός, Hsch. (who also cites σκνίφος· τὸ σκότος); cf. ὑπόσκνιφος, -σκνιπος.
German (Pape)
[Seite 901] knickerig, knauserig, filzig, Sp. – Auch = σκνιφός, Simonds bei Poll. 2, 65, der ἀμυδρὸν βλέπων erkl.
French (Bailly abrégé)
1ή, όν :
1 qui a la vue faible;
2 qui est d’une avarice sordide.
Étymologie: σκνίπτω.
2gén. de σκνίψ.
