balanephagous
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]- Du grec ancien βαλανηφάγος, balanēphagos (« qui mange des glands »), issu de βάλανος, balanos (« gland »).
Adjectif
[modifier le wikicode]balanephagous
- (Rare) Balanophage.
The man with whom we take shelter has his wife and children, and his sons’ wives and all their children, to the number of twelve or fifteen, in the tent. Milk and misíthra is their only food: “We have milk in plenty,” they tell me, “but no bread.” Such is the life of a modern Arcadian shepherd, who has almost reverted to the balanephagous state of his primitive ancestorsᵃ. The children, however, all look healthy, and are handsome, having large black eyes and regular features, with very dark complexions.
— (William Martin Leake, Travels in the Morea: With a Map and Plans, volume 1, chapitre 11: “Messenia — Arcadia”, pages 487–488, 1830)- ᵃ Ἀϱϰάδες Ἀζᾶνες βαλανηφάγοι, οἳ Φιγάλειαν Νάσσασθ᾽, &c. — Orac. Pyth. ap. Pausan. Arcad. c. 42.
Variantes orthographiques
[modifier le wikicode]Prononciation
[modifier le wikicode]- (Received Pronunciation) : \bæləˈniːfəɡəs\
- Royaume-Uni (Sud de l'Angleterre) : écouter « balanephagous [Prononciation ?] »
Références
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