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βακέλας

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24

German (Pape)

[Seite 427] ὁ, = folgdm; Alcm. bei Plut. de exil. 2 Alex. Aet. 3 (VII, 709), emend. für μακέλας.

French (Bailly abrégé)

(ὁ) :
dor. c. βάκηλος.

Spanish (DGE)


eunuco de rango sacerdotal en Sardes κερνᾶς ἦν τις ἂν ἢ β. χρυσοφόρος Alex.Aet.9.2 (cf. βάκηλος).

Greek Monotonic

βακέλας: ὁ, ευνούχος στην υπηρεσία της Κυβέλης, σε Ανθ., Λουκ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

βᾰκέλᾱς: ὁ Anth. = βάκηλος.

Middle Liddell

an eunuch in the service of Cybele, Anth., Luc.

Translations

effeminate

Amharic: ሴታ ሴት; Arabic: مُخَنَّث‎; Armenian: կնաբարո, ղզիկ; Aromanian: muljirashcu; Bikol Central: babayinhon; Bulgarian: женствен; Chinese Cantonese: 乸型; Mandarin: 娘娘腔, 女人氣/女人气; Coptic: ⲙⲁⲗⲁⲕⲟⲥ; Czech: zženštilý; Danish: kvindagtig; Dutch: verwijfd; Esperanto: virineca, ineca; Finnish: naismainen, epämiehekäs, feminiininen; French: efféminé, efféminée; Galician: afeminado; German: weibisch, tuntig, effeminiert, verweichlicht, verweiblicht; Greek: θηλυπρεπής; Ancient Greek: ἁβρόβιος, ἁβρός, αἰσχροπαθής, ἀνδρογύναιος, ἀνδρογύνης, ἀνδρόγυνος, ἁπαλός, ἀπομάλακος, βακέλας, βάκηλος, βάναυσος, γυναικάνηρ, γυναικεῖος, γυναικηρός, γυναικίας, γυναικικός, γυναικοήθης, γυναικόμιμος, γυναικόμορφος, γυναικοπαθής, γυναικοτραφής, γυναικόφρων, γυναικώδης, γύννις, διακεκλασμένος, διονῦς, ἐκτεθηλυμμένος, θηλυδρίας, θηλυδρίης, θηλυδριῶδες, θηλυδριώδης, θηλυκῶδες, θηλυκώδης, θηλύμορφος, θηλύνους, θηλύφρων, θηλύψυχος, θρυπτικός, Ἰωνικός, κατακεκλασµένος, κατατεθηλυμμένος, κατεαγός, κατεαγώς, μαλακός, μαλακόσωμος, μαλθακός, μαλθάκων, μεῖραξ, μόλθακος, ὄλολυς, σαβακός, σαλμακίς, Σαλμακίς, τρυφερόβιος, τρυφερός, τρυφῶν, ὑπόθηλυς, χλιδανός; Indonesian: banci, kemayu; Irish: baineanda, baineann, piteogach, piteánta; Italian: effemminato; Japanese: 女々しい; Korean: 유약; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: serejin, nemêr; Latin: eviratus, perfluus; Macedonian: женствен; Manx: dendeaysagh, soailtagh, bwoirrin, benoil; Norwegian: kvinneaktig, umandig, jentete, jenteaktig, kvinnelig, femi, bløtaktig; Bokmål: feminin, fjollete; Nynorsk: feminin; Persian: امرد‎; Polish: zniewieściały, zbabiały, wydelikacony, babski, babski; Portuguese: afeminado, efeminado, mulheril, adamado, amulherado, afemeado, amaricado, dengoso, inviril, mulherengo, amulherengado, paneleiro, apaneleirado, maricas, mariconço, bicha, abichanado, larilas, panilas, enerve; Romanian: afemeiat; Russian: женоподобный; Scottish Gaelic: boireannta; Slovak: zoženštený; Spanish: afeminado, amanerado, amujerado, ahembrado, adamado, mujeril, amariconado; Swedish: fjollig; Tagalog: binabae; Turkish: yumuşak, efemine; Ukrainian: жоновидий, жінкуватий; Uzbek: xotinchalish, xezalak; Welsh: merchetaidd

eunuch

Arabic: ⁧خَصِيّ⁩, ⁧مَخْصِيّ⁩; Armenian: ներքինի; Belarusian: еўнух, скапец, кастрат, лягчанец; Bulgarian: скопец; Catalan: eunuc; Chinese Mandarin: 閹人/阉人, 公公, 宦官; Coptic: ⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ; Czech: eunuch, kastrát; Danish: eunuk; Dutch: eunuch, castraat; Esperanto: kastrito; Finnish: eunukki, ruuna; French: eunuque, castrat; German: Eunuch, weiblicher Eunuch, Kastrat; Greek: ευνούχος; Ancient Greek: ἄγονος, ἄνορχος, ἀόρχις, ἀπόκοπος, ἀποσπάδων, βακέλας, γάλλος, ἐκτετμημένος, ἐκτομιαῖος, ἐκτομίας, ἐντομίας, εὐνοῦχος, σπάδων; Hebrew: ⁧סָרִיס⁩; Hindi: हिजड़ा; Hungarian: eunuch; Icelandic: geldingur; Ido: eunuko; Irish: coillteán; Italian: eunuco; Kazakh: әтек; Latin: spado, eunuchus, thlasias; Macedonian: евнух, скопец; Malay: sida-sida; Maori: unaka; Mongolian: тайган; Norwegian Bokmål: evnukk; Nynorsk: evnukk; Occitan: eunuc; Persian: ⁧خواجه⁩; Polish: eunuch, kastrat, rzezaniec, trzebieniec; Portuguese: eunuco; Russian: евнух, скопец, кастрат; Sanskrit: अक्षत; Serbo-Croatian: eunuh; Spanish: eunuco; Swedish: eunuck; Tagalog: bating, eunuko; Thai: ชันที; Tibetan: ཉུག་རུམ; Turkish: hadım; Ukrainian: є́внух, скопець, кастрат; Volapük: homen; Walloon: unuke; Yoruba: òkóbó