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Headword:
Nanos
Adler number: nu,26
Translated headword: dwarf
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Used] in reference to small [people], in Neoclides and
Aristotle. And
Theophrastus [writes]: "as [being] a dwarf and having large genitals." For dwarves have large genitals.[1]
Stunted human beings are called
na/nnoi. Also
nannofuei=s ["short in stature"]. But stunted horses are called
i)nnoi.[2]
Most later [people] write this [word]
gi/nnoi. The expression seems to be derived from being deprived of the upper parts [
to a)/nw], for properly speaking dwarf creatures stoop down, like infants, who also have larger upper parts.[3]
Nanos: epi tôn mikrôn, para Neokleidêi kai Aristotelei. kai ho Theophrastos: hôs nanon kai aidoion echonta mega. hoi goun nanoi mega aidoion echousi. Nannoi legontai hoi koloboi tôn anthrôpôn. kai nannophueis. hoi de koloboi tôn hippôn innoi. hoi pleious tôn husteron ginnous toutous graphousi. dokei para to esterêsthai tou anô eirêsthai hê lexis: katakuptei gar ta kuriôs nana, katha kai ta brephê, hôn kai meizô ta anô.
Notes:
The better spelling of the headword seems to be
na/nos (or
na=nos with circumflex accent), but the spelling with double
nu (
na/nnos) is common in manuscripts.
[1] Likewise in
Photius nu18 Theodoridis (more briefly already in
Hesychius nu62), and see also
Apostolius 11.97. 'Neoclides' is perhaps the Athenian philosopher (C5/4 BCE) of that name, though Theodoridis suspects a textual problem. The
Aristotle passage is
History of Animals 577b27, and the
Theophrastus one is fr. 339 Fortenbaugh.
[2] cf. scholion on
Aristophanes,
Peace 790 (where
nanofuei=s appears); see also
iota 385,
kappa 396,
sigma 1762.
[3] cf. Orion [
Author,
Myth] 108.18;
Etymologicum Magnum 597.27.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 10 February 2006@23:10:46.
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