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Headword:
Akranton
Adler number: alpha,955
Translated headword: unfinished [task]
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning one] unfulfilled, incomplete.[1]
"A flying reed-arrow carried him off swiftly to the immortals with the speech still unfinished on his lips."[2]
Greek Original:Akranton: aplêrôton, ateleiôton. ton d' eti muthon akranton eni stomatessin echonta ptênos es athanatous hêrpasen ôka donax.
Notes:
[1] The headword -- neuter singular of this adjective -- occurs in
Homer,
Iliad 2.138 (as
a)kra/anton), and these are the glosses of the
scholia there. Same material in other lexica.
[2]
Greek Anthology 7.92.3-4.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; military affairs; poetry
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 22 March 2001@07:45:05.
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