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Headword:
Amphibion
Adler number: alpha,1704
Translated headword: amphibian
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a creature] able to live in both [elements], [i.e.] in sea and on land.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the concept/phrase] "amphibious creatures", [meaning] those which can live both in wet places and on dry land, such as the hippopotamus and the crocodile. And so can man; for they are able to live at the same time in wet locations and in arid lands, as in Egypt and in many other places.[2]
Greek Original:Amphibion: en amphoterais dunamenon bioun, thalassêi kai gêi. kai Amphibia zôia, hosa kai en tôi hugrôi kai epi tês chersou bioi, hoion hippos potamios, krokodeilos. dunatai de kai anthrôpos. eisi gar hoia hama kai en tôi hugrôi kai en tôi xêrôi diaitasthai, hôs en Aiguptôi kai allêi pollachêi.
Notes:
[1] Neuter singular of this adjective (which literally means dual-lifed: see LSJ s.v., web address 1); same glossing in
Photius and other lexica.
[2] From
Aristophanes of
Byzantium's epitome of the Aristotelian
History of Animals.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; philosophy; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 August 2000@22:11:29.
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