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Headword: *)ephrw/qhsan
Adler number: epsilon,2209
Translated headword: they were maimed
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] they were put in the dark, they were blinded.
Greek Original:
*)ephrw/qhsan: e)skoti/sqhsan, e)tuflw/qhsan.
Notes:
Though the headword verb, phro/w, can actually refer to any sort of maiming or disabling, here it is probably quoted from a context where disabling of the eyes in involved, such as Aelian, On the nature of animals 10.17.7.
cf. alpha 1842 (and epsilon 78), pi 1538.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; medicine; zoology
Translated by: William Hutton on 12 September 2007@02:18:12.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (tweaked and augmented note; more keywords) on 12 September 2007@04:43:09.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 10 October 2012@06:23:28.

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