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Headword:
*)/astaxus
Adler number: alpha,4224
Translated headword: corn-ear, astachus
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Corn-ear] and "raisin" [a)stafi/s] and generally the redundant addition of the alpha in the beginning of such words is an Attic [feature]. "And it bends down the ears of corn."[1]
Greek Original:*)/astaxus kai\ a)stafi\s kai\ o(/lws to\ pleona/zein to\ a e)n a)rxh=| tw=n toiou/twn o)noma/twn *)attiko/n. e)pi/ t' h)mu/ei a)staxu/essin.
Notes:
Likewise in other lexica;
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica fr. 265. For 'raisin' see already
alpha 4223.
[1]
Homer,
Iliad 2.148, of the west wind. See web address 1 below for the text.
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Keywords: botany; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 January 2002@14:13:36.
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