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Headword:
Apokopênai
tôn
ichnôn
Adler number: alpha,3363
Translated headword: was cut off from the tracks
Vetting Status: high
Translation: They say that a bitch [was cut off from the tracks] whenever [she] can longer find the tracks.
Greek Original:Apokopênai tôn ichnôn tên kuna legousin, hotan mêketi heuriskêi ta ichnê.
Notes:
Same or similar entry in other lexica.
Said of a hunting dog (of either sex, presumably: cf. the pairing
eta 187 and
kappa 2729) losing scent of the quarry.
For the idiom cf.
Plutarch,
Pyrrhus 2.
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 February 2001@12:38:59.
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