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Headword: *)amu/nw soi
Adler number: alpha,1680
Translated headword: I help you
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] I assist you.[1] But a)mu/nomai/ se ["I am revenged against you"], meaning I pay you back.
Greek Original:
*)amu/nw soi: bohqw= soi. *)amu/nomai se de/, a)nti\ tou= timwrw= se.
Notes:
The basic meaning is "ward off." In the active, with a dative of interest, it means "protect, help." In the middle, it means "ward off from oneself, defend oneself against," frequently with the collateral notion of revenge (see LSJ s.v.).
[1] So already alpha 1679.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 October 2000@18:15:40.
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Catharine Roth (Added note.) on 4 October 2000@21:59:20.
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