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Headword:
*sfura/
Adler number: sigma,1761
Translated headword: ankles
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] things pertaining to knucklebones.[1]
But [sc. differently-accented] sfu=ra ["hammer"] [is] a workman's tool.[2]
"[...] and a wood-splitting hammer [...]."[3]
Greek Original:*sfura/: ta\ peri\ tou\s a)straga/lous. *sfu=ra de\ to\ tektoniko\n e)rgalei=on. dourituph= te sfu=ran.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at
Photius sigma886 Theodoridis. The headword, neuter plural, comes from
Homer,
Iliad 4.147.
[2] cf.
Hesychius sigma2934.
[3]
Greek Anthology 6.103.1-2 (Philip).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 3 June 2014@04:44:07.
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