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Headword: *xi/os
Adler number: chi,316
Translated headword: Chios
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the island [of that name].[1] It is also called Aithle.[2]
Interpretation of a dream: when snow [xiw/n] appears it brings ill-wishers' hatreds.[3]
Greek Original:
*xi/os: h( nh=sos. le/getai kai\ *ai)/qlh. lu/sis o)nei/rou: xiw\n fanei=sa dusmenw=n e)/xqras fe/rei.
Notes:
[1] A large Greek island in the Aegean Sea, about 7 km. from the Turkish coast (Barrington Atlas map 57 grid D3). Besides alphaiota 130 (next note), see also chi 314.
[2] cf. alphaiota 130.
[3] (Addendum unconnected with Chios.) From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251). For snow see also chi 315, chi 317.
Keywords: daily life; definition; dreams; geography; imagery; meter and music; poetry
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 May 2006@06:35:40.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added keyword, set status) on 8 May 2006@12:40:57.
David Whitehead (more x-refs) on 9 May 2006@03:08:10.
David Whitehead on 11 November 2013@08:25:29.
Ronald Allen (augmented n.1, added map reference) on 22 February 2019@15:07:06.
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