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Headword:
Enchôrion
Adler number: epsilon,185
Translated headword: local
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] domestic.[1]
"For locals know best not only the directions of the winds, according to the proverb, but also the customs of the local people."[2]
Greek Original:Enchôrion: oikeion. enchôrioi gar ou monon tas tôn anemôn staseis kata tên paroimian, alla kai ta tôn enchôriôn anthrôpôn êthê kallista ginôskousin.
Notes:
[1] Masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective
e)gxw/rios; same glossing in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere.
[2]
Polybius 9.25.3, quoted already at
alpha 2263. Tosi (cited under
alpha 378) no.2042.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 6 June 2005@00:22:42.
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