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Headword:
Halipedon
Adler number: alpha,1196
Translated headword: salt-flat
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] what was once was sea but became a plain again and is cultivated. So properly it is a sea-side plain, but by linguistic misuse every [type of plain].
Greek Original:Halipedon: to teôs men thalassa, authis de pedion gegonos kai êrotriômenon. kuriôs men oun to para thalassan pedion, katachrêstikôs de pan.
Notes:
Entry out of alphabetical order here. See also
alpha 1240.
Similar material in
Etymologicum Magnum 64.45-47.
See also
alpha 1240.
Keywords: agriculture; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 May 2000@23:57:15.
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