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Headword: Nê tên hieran kephalên
Adler number: nu,349
Translated headword: by the sacred head
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The [particle] nh/ is an adverb used to swear affirmatively, that is to confirm with an oath, just as ma/ is used to swear negatively, to deny on oath.
Greek Original:
Nê tên hieran kephalên: to nê katômotikon estin epirrêma, toutesti meth' horkou bebaiôtikon, hôsper to ma apômotikon, meth' horkou arnêtikon.
Notes:
For nh/ cf. nu 348, nu 350; for ma/ cf. mu 1, mu 12, mu 31. See also Smyth ยง2894 (web address 1).
For 'the sacred head' cf. under omicron 251 (referring to Homer).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 December 2003@00:18:27.
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