previous next
φάλλαινα , ἡ,
A.whale, A.Dict. in PSI11.1209.9, Arist.HA489b4, 521b24, 537a31, al., Str.3.2.7, Ael.NA9.50, 16.18, Philostr.VA2.14, Nonn.D.6.298, Babr.39.1, Gal.6.728,737, UP3.12, al., Porph.Abst. 3.20.
2. of any devouring monster, Ar.V.35,39, Lyc.841.
II. 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. sq.; the metre requires a long first syll. in Babr., Nic., Nonn., and admits it elsewhere; in Lat. the best spelling is ballaena.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: