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Headword: Apogonoi
Adler number: alpha,3270
Translated headword: descendents
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] offspring. But a)pw/gwnes ["beardless [men]"] [sc. is spelled differently].
[The latter means] those who have no beard.[1]
Greek Original:
Apogonoi: hoi ekgonoi. Apôgônes de. hoi mê echontes pôgôna.
Notes:
This entry warns against confusing two nominative plurals, a)po/gonoi ('descendents') with a)pw/gwnes ('beardless'), which would have been nearly homophonous in late antiquity.
Adler cites a suite of comparable entries (2441-2443) in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
[1] A marginalium imported from the entry for a)pw/gwnes (alpha 3662).
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: William Hutton on 24 October 2001@15:18:14.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added keyword) on 24 October 2001@19:08:00.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 20 August 2002@07:02:20.
David Whitehead (betacode and other cosmetics) on 2 April 2012@03:37:56.
David Whitehead (another note; tweaking) on 27 August 2015@09:33:00.
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