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Headword:
*)ofrua/zw
Adler number: omicron,1022
Translated headword: I am supercilious
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A verb.[1]
"Later he sent someone who was both supercilious and behaved with an indescribable kind of boastfulness".[2]
Greek Original:*)ofrua/zw: r(h=ma. o( de\ pe/mpei tina\ u(/steron, o)frua/zonta/ te kai\ a)lazonei/a| tini\ a)muqh/tw| e)xo/menon.
Notes:
[1] Implying, literally, raising the eyebrows; cf.
omicron 1027.
[2]
Procopius,
History of the Wars of Justinian 8.11.4.
Keywords: biography; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history; imagery
Translated by: David Whitehead on 30 October 2009@06:40:49.
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