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Headword: Eruthainei
Adler number: epsilon,3093
Translated headword: reddens
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning he/she/it] makes [something] reddish.[1] Whence also [comes the noun] e)ru/qhma ["redness"],[2] [and] the root which is called e)ruqro/danon ["madder"].[3]
The plant of which the root [is] red, which which women redden their faces, is called a)/gxousa. See also under a)/gxousa.[4]
Greek Original:
Eruthainei: purron poiei. hothen kai eruthêma, hê rhiza, hê legomenê eruthrodanon. hoti hê botanê, hês hê rhiza eruthra, hêi eruthrainousi ta prosôpa hai gunaikes, anchousa legetai. kai zêtei en tôi anchousa.
Notes:
[1] The headword is third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb e)ruqai/nw (cf. epsilon 3092); it must be quoted from somewhere.
[2] epsilon 3095.
[3] (Or e)reuqe/danon, Rubia tinctorum.) Same glossing in Hesychius, Photius, the Lexica Segueriana.
[4] alpha 416.
Keywords: botany; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 18 December 2007@20:19:15.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes; cosmetics) on 19 December 2007@03:32:48.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 29 October 2012@10:37:33.
Catharine Roth (typo) on 9 September 2014@21:50:30.

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