ἄβδης
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ὁ, said by Hsch. to mean scourge in Hippon.98.
Spanish (DGE)
ὁ
látigo Hippon.148.
• Etimología: Etim. desconocida; quizá pregriego, sin duda relacionado c. ἀβριστήν q.u.
German (Pape)
[Seite 2] Geißel, Hippon. bei Hes.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄβδης: ὁ, «μάστιξ παρ’ Ἱππώνακτι», Ἡσύχ.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m./f.?
Meaning: μάστιξ παρ' Ίππώνακτι H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Prob. a foreign word in Hipponax. Masson Hipponax 170 (fr. 130). Fur. 388 compares convincingly ἀβριστήν μάστιγα H. He concludes that it is Pre-Greek because of the cluster βδ (318), with βδ > βρ.
