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Headword: Antelambanonto
Adler number: alpha,2622
Translated headword: they used to take hold of
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"Sleeps of great length always used to take hold of her." Meaning used to seize [her]. "The daytime ones [lasted] until the beginning of the nights, and the night-time ones until sunrise."[1]
Greek Original:
Antelambanonto: hupnoi te autês aei makrotatoi antelambanonto. anti tou diedechonto. hêmerinoi men achri prôtôn nuktôn, nukterinoi de achris hêliou anischontos.
Notes:
The headword verb is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] Procopius, Secret History 15.8, on Theodora.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; medicine; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 July 2000@22:17:46.
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David Whitehead (modified translation; added keywords) on 11 March 2001@10:21:41.
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 14 August 2002@05:20:36.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; tweaking) on 18 March 2012@05:49:00.
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