βωμολοχέω
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
beg, Poll. 3.111. = βωμολοχεύομαι (play the buffoon, indulge in ribaldry, play low tricks, use low flattery), Plu. 2.407c.
Spanish (DGE)
1 burlarse, hacer bufonadas ποιητικὴν ἐνέπλησεν ἀδοξίας τὸ ἀγυρτικὸν ... καὶ περὶ τὰ μητρῷα καὶ Σεραπεῖα βωμολοχοῦν ... γένος el género vagabundo que hacía bufonadas en torno a las fiestas de la Gran Madre y de Serapis, desprestigió el arte poético Plu.2.407c.
2 mendigar Poll.3.111.
German (Pape)
[Seite 469] dasselbe, Synes.; betteln Poll. 3, 111.
French (Bailly abrégé)
βωμολοχῶ :
faire le bouffon.
Étymologie: βωμολόχος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βωμολοχέω: ἐπαιτῶ, Πολυδ. Γ΄, 111. 2) = τῷ προηγ., Πλούτ. 2. 407C.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
βωμολοχέω: Plut. = βωμολοχεύομαι.
