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Headword:
Ardanion
Adler number: alpha,3804
Translated headword: water-trough
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] pot, "belly", from which animals drink. And it is said [to be derived] from the [verb] a)/rdein ["to water"]. It also used to be set in front of the door[s] of the dead, for those who are entering or exiting to sprinkle water around. Women also would use the water-trough, those scrubbing their yarn in it.
Greek Original:Ardanion: keramion, gastra, hothen ta thremmata pinei. kai eirêtai para to ardein. etitheto de kai pro tês thuras tôn teteleutêkotôn tois eisiousin kai exiousin hina perirrainôntai. echrônto de kai hai gunaikes tôi ardaniôi, hai tên krokên tribousai ep' autou.
Note:
This neuter noun is attested only in lexica and grammars, where it is variously given as
ardanion and
ardalion. See also
tau 838.
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; imagery; trade and manufacture; women; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 July 2001@13:02:15.
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