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Headword:
*mete/wra
Adler number: mu,764
Translated headword: lifted-up, haughty
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] lofty [ones].[1]
Agathias [writes]: "all the townships of Italy were lifted-up and agitated."[2] Meaning ready to face an attack.[2]
Greek Original:*mete/wra: u(yhla/. *)agaqi/as: ta\ de\ th=s *)itali/as poli/smata mete/wra h)=n a(/panta kai\ dedonhme/na. a)nti\ tou= e(/toima pro\s e)pixei/rhsin.
Notes:
[1] Neuter nominative plural of
mete/wros, presumably extracted from the quotation given; cf. in any event
mu 770,
mu 772,
mu 773,
mu 774.
*mete/wros comes from
meth/oros (
mu 788) by quantitative metathesis.
[2]
Agathias,
Histories 2.6.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 22 January 2006@22:00:52.
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