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Headword: Morgous
Adler number: mu,1247
Translated headword: squeezers
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Note] that morgoi/ is what they call a)morgoi/ ["squeezers"], taking away the alpha, as in other instances; for they call a)mauro/n ["dim, dark"] mau=ron and a)sfo/delos ["asphodel"] sfo/delos.
Greek Original:
Morgous: hoti houtô kalousi tous amorgous to a aphairountes, hôsper kai ep' allôn: mauron gar to amauron kai sphodelon ton asphodelon kalousi.
Note:
From alpha 1627; see also alpha 4298, alpha 4299, sigma 1751; alpha 1511, mu 295.
Keywords: botany; comedy; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 26 April 2009@20:21:40.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead on 27 April 2009@08:39:43.
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