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ἐγκίλλαφον

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Ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ δυστυχοῦντι μὴ πλάσῃς κακόν → Miseri miseriae ne quid affingas mali → Vermehre nicht dem Unglücksraben noch sein Leid

Menander, Monostichoi, 145
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Full diacritics: ἐγκίλλαφον Medium diacritics: ἐγκίλλαφον Low diacritics: εγκίλλαφον Capitals: ΕΓΚΙΛΛΑΦΟΝ
Transliteration A: enkíllaphon Transliteration B: enkillaphon Transliteration C: egkillafon Beta Code: e)gki/llafon

English (LSJ)

and ἔγκιλλον, A = οὐρά, Hsch.

Spanish (DGE)

-ου, τό rabo Hsch.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: οὑρα; ἔγκιλλον οὑράν H.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: One compares κιλλός grey (κίλλος "the Grey one", i. e. donkey), or κίλλουρος σεισοπυγίς N. (= wryneck), s. vv. On -φος s. Chantraine Formation 264.

Frisk Etymology German

ἐγκίλλαφον: {egkíllaphon}
Meaning: οὐρά, ἔγκιλλον· οὐράν H.
Etymology: Zum Vergleich melden sich einerseits κιλλός grau (κίλλος "der Graue", d. h. Esel), anderseits κίλλουρος· σεισοπυγίς N. (= Bachstelze), s. dd. Die Bildung ist mehrdeutig; zum Suffix -φος Chantraine Formation 264.
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