obelus

From LSJ

Τί γὰρ γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἕλκος μεῖζον ἢ φίλος κακός; → What wound is greater than a false friend?

Sophocles, Antigone, 651-2

Latin > English

obelus obeli N M :: obelus, critical mark (spit-shaped put by suspected passages); obelisk; pivot

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ŏbĕlus: i, m., = ὀβελός (a spit),
I a critical mark shaped like a spit (†), placed opposite suspected passages in books, an obelisk (late Lat.), Hier. Ep. 104; 108; 112; Aus. Sap. 13 prooem.; Isid. Orig. 1, 20, 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ŏbĕlus, ī, m. (ὀβελός), obèle, signe critique [comme une broche] dont on marquait les fautes dans un manuscrit : Isid. Orig. 1, 20, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

obelus, ī, m. (ὀβελός, ein »Spieß«, übtr.), die Figur eines liegenden Spießes an den verdächtigen Stellen der Bücher, der Obelus, Auson. ludus septem sapient. 13. p. 104 Schenkl. Hieron. epist. 112, 19. Isid. orig. 1, 20, 3.

Latin > Chinese

*obelus, i. m. :: 勾去之勾