Monday, May 23, 2022

 

Bonkers

Pherecrates, fragment 78 (tr. Ian C. Storey):
You're out of your mind, an old man at your age.

ὑοσκυαμᾷς ἀνὴρ γέρων.
ὑοσκυαμάω = to be mad from taking henbane: to be raving mad (Liddell-Scott-Jones), from ὑοσκύαμος = henbane, from ὗς = pig and κύαμος = bean.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 2:59 PM


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