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Headword: Appha
Adler number: alpha,3724
Translated headword: appha, sib
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A diminutive of a)delfh/ ["sister"] and a)delfo/s ["brother"].[1]
Also [sc. attested is] a)pfu/s, [used] diminutively, [meaning] a father, someone who is papa and progenitor.[2]
Greek Original:
Appha: adelphês kai adelphou hupokorisma. kai Apphus hupokoristikôs, ho patêr, papus tis ôn kai apphus.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. A term of endearment, according to Eustathius, amongst lovers as well as siblings.
[2] See Theocritus, Idylls 15.14, with scholion. Eustathius explained the word as o( a)f' ou(= e)/fu, "he from whom one was born".
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; poetry
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 24 June 2001@07:45:05.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 24 June 2001@08:19:22.
David Whitehead (expanded notes; betacode and other cosmetics) on 9 April 2012@10:12:35.
Catharine Roth (coding, tweak) on 27 April 2015@01:14:38.
Catharine Roth (cosmeticule) on 18 October 2015@00:23:03.

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