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Headword:
Psamathos
Adler number: psi,18
Translated headword: sea-sand
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] sand from the seaside; for a)/maqos [is sand] from inland.[1]
[Note] that a)/maqos is the dust of the plain, but ya/maqos [is the dust] of the sea.[2]
Greek Original:Psamathos: parathalassios ammos: amathos gar hê mesogeios. hoti amathos hê tês pediados konis, psamathos de hê tês thalassês.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or simialrly in other lexica. From commentary on
Homer,
Iliad 9.385 and 23.15.
[2] From
alpha 1472.
Keywords: definition; epic; geography
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 13 September 2005@22:58:29.
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