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Headword:
Anemotrephes
Adler number: alpha,2259
Translated headword: wind-fed
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] that which has been reared in places open to the wind: for this [is] vigorous.
And [something] full-grown.
Or wind-fed, [meaning] that which is being whirled round by winds.
Greek Original:Anemotrephes: to en euênemois topois tethrammenon: eutonon gar touto. kai euauxes. ê Anemotrephes, to hupo anemôn peristrephomenon.
Note:
Same or similar material, variously, in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric Lexicon, where
Homer,
Iliad 11.256 ("wind-fed spear") is quoted for this neuter singular. See also 15.625.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; imagery; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 15 June 2000@11:33:15.
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