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Headword: *delfu/s
Adler number: delta,211
Translated headword: womb
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] uterus. Whence [sc. comes the word] adelphos ["brother"].
[Meaning] he [who comes] out of the same womb.
Greek Original:
*delfu/s: mh/tra. e)/nqen a)delfo/s. o( e)k th=s au)th=s mh/tras.
Notes:
Similar material in Hesychius and other lexica. The prefix a- in adelphos comes from *sm- meaning "with, together."
cf. mu 1002, nu 301.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; medicine; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 8 May 2002@00:30:50.
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