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Headword:
Ôkeaneion
rheuma
Adler number: omega,44
Translated headword: Oceanic stream
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] that of the ocean.[1]
"[Ocean,] out of which it is of course not possible to sail, because it is rough and dark."[2]
Greek Original:Ôkeaneion rheuma: to tou ôkeanou. hon dê ekpleusai ouk eni, brachôdê kai skotoeidê tunchanonta.
Notes:
cf.
omega 43.
[1] The headword phrase (also in ps.-Herodian) is presumably quoted from somewhere, or based on such a quotation.
[2] Loosely quoted from
gamma 7. (The changes are reflected in the translation given above, but note that this entry's
dh\ e)kpleu=sai), "of course...to sail out of", should actually be
diekpleu=sai "to sail through," sc. the Strait of Gibraltar.)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography
Translated by: Stacie Raucci on 15 May 2000@13:06:58.
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