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Headword:
*tereti/smata
Adler number: tau,338
Translated headword: hummings
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] beguiling melodies. Or relaxed songs. From a metaphor of the cicada, or of the swallow.
Greek Original:*tereti/smata: w)|dai\ a)pathlai/. h)\ a)/|smata e)/kluta. a)po\ metafora=s tou= te/ttigos, h)\ th=s xelido/nos.
Note:
Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at
Photius tau171, where Theodoridis notes two instances of the neuter-plural headword (cf. under
nu 366) in Cyril of Alexandria (PG 76.632b and 816a). Note also e.g. the well-known instance cited in LSJ s.v.:
Aristotle,
Posterior Analytics 83a33 (on the Platonic Forms as mere
tereti/smata).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 5 December 2013@09:35:30.
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