βωμολόχος
βωμολόχος
λοχάω
properly one that lurked about the altars for the scraps that could be got there, a half-starved beggar, Luc.
metaph. one who would do any dirty work to get a meal, a lick-spittle, low jester, buffoon, Ar.:—as adj., βωμολόχον τι ἐξευρεῖν to invent some ribald trick, Ar.; of vulgar music, Ar.
one that lurked about the altars for the scraps that could be got there, a half-starved beggar
Headword (normalized):
βωμολόχος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βωμολοχος
Intro Text:
βωμολόχος
λοχάω
properly one that lurked about the altars for the scraps that could be got there, a half-starved beggar, Luc.
metaph. one who would do any dirty work to get a meal, a lick-spittle, low jester, buffoon, Ar.:—as adj., βωμολόχον τι ἐξευρεῖν to invent some ribald trick, Ar.; of vulgar music, Ar.
URN:
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