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Headword:
*sofi/a
mwrou=
Adler number: sigma,808
Translated headword: wisdom of a dullard
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Speeches[1] that lead nowhere.
Greek Original:*sofi/a mwrou=: a)dieco/deutoi lo/goi.
Notes:
cf. Gregorius 3.69 ("in reference to those chattering witlessly"). Hence the folk-etymology of "sophomore" -- which in reality derives from sophumer, a (now) obsolete variant of sophister.
[1] Or words.
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; proverbs; rhetoric
Translated by: Marisa Divenosa on 14 January 2000@21:18:25.
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