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Headword:
*)apekra/nice
Adler number: alpha,2997
Translated headword: struck off from the head
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning he/she/it] separated from the head, chopped off. "With a club he struck off the bull's curved horn from its head."[1]
Greek Original:*)apekra/nice: th=s ka/ras a)pexw/risen, a)pe/koyen. o( de\ r(opa/lw| guro\n a)pekra/nice boo\s ke/ras.
Notes:
The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given, its only independent attestation.
[1]
Greek Anthology 6.255.6-7 (Erucius); again at
beta 469 (where however the verb is given as imperfect, not the aorist it ought to be). On this epigram, in which a cowherd dedicates a bull's horn, see Gow and Page vol. I (248-249) and vol. II (281-282). Find further extracts from this epigram at
alpha 4362,
beta 355,
iota 397,
kappa 1867,
kappa 1946,
omicron 915, and
chi 96.
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry; trade and manufacture; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 December 2000@21:12:31.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented note; added keywords; cosmetics) on 14 March 2001@11:05:25.
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks) on 26 March 2012@07:01:01.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 4 July 2012@21:25:14.
David Whitehead on 6 August 2015@04:49:20.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword) on 20 October 2022@11:55:54.
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