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σορέλλη

sorelle

customary jest about the elderly, called after the urn

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What it meant

1. σορέλλῃ · sorellēi — Beekes

σορέλλῃ [f.] σκῶμμά τι ἐπιχωριάζον εἰς τοὺς γέροντας, ἀπὸ τῆς copod ‘customary jest about the elderly, called after the urn’ (H. = Ar. Fr. 198). σοφός 1373 *ETYM From σορός, like σορο-δαίμων with similar meaning (Com. Adesp. 1151), but with an unclear ending -AA- (a diminutive? Cf. Schwyzer: 485 and Chantraine 1933: 252). σόρνιξα [1] εὔζωμον ‘rocket, Eruca sativa’ (H.). *ETYM Pre-Greek (Fur-: 360), like … — [Beekes, s.v. σορέλλῃ, p. 1423]

2. σορέλλη · sorellē — Frisk

σορέλλη: σκῶμμά τι ἐπιχωριάζον εἰς τοὺς γέροντας, ἀπὸ τῆς 00000 H. (= Ar. Fr. 198). — Wie σορο-δαίμων in ähnl. Bed. (Kom. Adesp. 1151) von σορός mit unklarem Ausgang (-λλ- deminuierend?; vgl. Schwyzer 485, Chantraine Form. 252). — [Frisk, s.v. σορέλλη, p. 1726]

3. σορέλλη · sorellē — LSJ

with one foot in the grave

with one foot in the grave (cf. σοροδαίμων, σορόπληκτος), Ar. Fr. 198.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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