Monday, July 25, 2022
Blas and Blax
A.G. Rigg, ed., The Poems of Walter of Wimborne (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1978), p. 77 (De Mundi Vanitate, stanza 25, with the editor's note):
Diccionario Griego–Español, s.v. βλάξ (4:719):
Newer› ‹Older
Ante litem enodeturMy translation:
iudicique demonstretur
pera feta cominus;
qui contendit sine pera
blas et bos est et chimera,
truncus, caper, asinus.
25/5 blas 'dolt'
Before trial let a full purse be untied and shown to the judge up close; he who goes to law without a purse is a dolt and an ox and a monster, a blockhead, a goat, an ass.Id., p. 328:
blas MV 25/5 fool (C, DC: Gr. βλάξ)Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, s.v. blax (2:2052):
