φάλλαινα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[whale]], A.''Dict.'' in ''PSI''11.1209.9, Arist.''HA''489b4, 521b24, 537a31, al., Str.3.2.7, Ael.''NA''9.50, 16.18, Philostr.''VA''2.14, [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 6.298, Babr.39.1, Gal.6.728,737, ''UP''3.12, al., Porph.''Abst.'' 3.20.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of any [[devour]]ing [[monster]], Ar.''V.''35,39, Lyc.841.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[moth]], Nic.''Th.''760 (Rhodian in this sense acc. to Sch.).—In late codd. (as those of Gal.) freq. written [[φάλαινα]] but cod.Rav. of Ar., and the best codd. of Arist., Str., Babr., Lyc., Nic., Philostr., and Nonn. (the Pap. of A.''Dict.'' is indistinct) have [[φάλλ]]-; cf. [[φάλλη]]; the metre requires a long first [[syllable]] in Babr., Nic., Nonn., and admits it elsewhere; in Lat. the best spelling is [[ballaena]].