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πίσυγγος

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c
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Transliteration A: písyngos Transliteration B: pisyngos Transliteration C: pisyggos Beta Code: pi/suggos

English (LSJ)

[ῑ], ὁ,

   A = πίσσυγγος (q.v.), shoemaker, Sapph.98 (v.l. πίσσυγοι), Alex.Aet.5.7, Herod.7.39 (prob.), Com.Adesp.330:— hence πῑσύγγιον, τό, his shop, ibid., Hdn.Gr.2.567. (Perh. cf. πεττύκια, πέσσυμπτον.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 621] ὁ, der Schuster, wird richtiger, von πίσσα abgeleitet, πίσσυγγος geschrieben; Alex. Aet. bei Ath. XV, 699 c; Sapph. frg. 38; Poll. 7, 82 erkl. οἱ τὰ ὑποδήματα ῥάπτοντες, aus comic.