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Headword:
Aleôrê
Adler number: alpha,1141
Translated headword: escape, haven
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] avoidance and protection.[1]
"Many died from the winter snow. And there was no escape [a)lewra/] of any kind, with each thinking it sufficient to save themselves [sc. and ignoring the rest]".[2]
Greek Original:Aleôrê: ekklisis kai phulakê. polloi de hupo chionos apethanon. kai oud' hêtisoun aleôra ên, hekastôn heautous diasôizein hikanon hêgoumenôn.
Notes:
[1] Similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric Lexicon. From the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 12.57, where the headword noun occurs in the accusative case.
[2] Arrian,
Parthica p.17 Roos (but not an actual numbered fragment there); it includes the headword in the form
a)lewra/.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; historiography; history
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 May 2000@11:55:24.
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