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Headword:
Achôr
Adler number: alpha,4711
Translated headword: dandruff
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the flaking of the scalp. From a)/xnh ["peeling-off"] [comes] a)xnw/r; and losing the nu [it becomes] a)xw/r. It declines a)xw=ros [spelled] with an omega; like i)xw=ros ["of serous discharge"], [meaning] of putrid blood.
Greek Original:Achôr: to piturôdes tês kephalês. para to achnê, achnôr: kai apobolêi tou n achôr. klinetai de achôros dia tou ô megalou: hôs ichôros, tou sesêpotos haimatos.
Notes:
Same or similar material in other lexica and grammars. The headword is attested, sparingly, from
Aristophanes onwards: see LSJ s.v.
cf.
iota 794.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; medicine
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 June 2001@23:05:58.
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