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Headword:
Anchauros
Adler number: alpha,390
Translated headword: near-morning
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] frosty daybreak, [sc. so called] from having fresh air [
aura] near.[1]
Homer [writes]: "a cold morning [wind] blows just before dawn".[2]
Greek Original:Anchauros: ho pachnôdês orthros, para to plêsion echein tên auran. Homêros: aurê de psuchrê pneei êôthi pro.
Notes:
[1] For the 'near' part of this suggested derivation, cf.
alpha 391,
alpha 394. LSJ s.v., however, derive it from
au)/rion, "morning". The adjective
a)/gxauros occurs (of "night") in Apollonius Rhodius,
Argonautica 4.111.
[2]
Homer,
Odyssey 5.469.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; poetry
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 27 March 1999@18:10:32.
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