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Headword:
*)apoyofiei=n
Adler number: alpha,3659
Translated headword: to break wind
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to fart, said politely. But [terms even] more polite [are] diapnei=n and a)popnei=n.
Greek Original:*)apoyofiei=n: to\ pe/rdesqai, eu)sxh/mws le/gwn. eu)sxhmone/steron de\ diapnei=n kai\ a)popnei=n.
Notes:
cf.
delta 706 and
alpha 3482, which derive from the present entry;
diapnei=n and
a)popnei=n usually mean "to exhale".
For farting,
pe/rdesqai, itself see
alpha 385,
alpha 3029, and generally J. Henderson,
The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 195-9.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 14 June 2001@16:22:26.
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