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Headword: Chelunê
Adler number: chi,194
Translated headword: lip
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning specifically] the upper lip.
"A Median arrow planted itself in his upper lip."[1]
And elsewhere: "... man standing by man, biting his [sc. upper] lip in anger."[2]
Greek Original:
Chelunê: to anô cheilos. eis tên huperôian chelunên oïstos Mêdikos enerrizôto. kai authis: stas anêr par' andr', hup' orgês tên chelunên esthiôn.
Notes:
[1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.6.2; see also upsilon 348.
[2] Aristophanes, Wasps 1083 (web address 1 below).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; ethics; geography; historiography; history; imagery; medicine; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 March 2008@12:13:06.
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