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Headword: Acheiros
Adler number: alpha,4690
Translated headword: handless
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] one who lacks a hand, [a word formed] by metaplasm.[1]
The Pisidian [writes]: "footless, handless, he does not press on the throat; each had full sets of limbs." He says [this] about the cruelty of Chosroes.[2]
Greek Original:
Acheiros: ho cheiros esterêmenos, kata metaplasmon. Pisidês: apous, acheiros, ou barei ton auchena: plêreis hekastôi tôn melôn hai suntheseis. peri tês Chosroou ômotêtos phêsi.
Notes:
[1] Metaplasm is '[t]he formation of cases of nouns or tenses of verbs from a non-existent nominative or present' (LSJ s.v.).
[2] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 1.45-46. For Chosroes see generally chi 418.
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 December 2001@13:16:50.
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David Whitehead (modified translation; added keywords; cosmetics) on 29 August 2002@04:26:37.
David Whitehead on 9 May 2012@07:17:33.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 26 November 2014@19:29:54.
David Whitehead (added a note) on 27 November 2014@02:46:20.
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