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Headword: *)alfou/s
Adler number: alpha,1457
Translated headword: dull-whites, off-whites
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. Masculine] white or [sc. feminine] white [ones].
Greek Original:
*)alfou/s: leukou\s h)\ leuka/s.
Notes:
Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1077 Theodoridis. The headword is accusative plural of the noun a)lfo/s, defined by LSJ as "dull-white leprosy, esp. on the face". (It is cognate with Latin albus; cf. the compounds a)lfopro/swpos "white-faced" and a)lfo/rugxos "white-snouted".)
This accusative plural must be quoted from somewhere -- probably Plato, Timaeus 85A, leu/kas a)lfou/s. The glossing aims to point out that, since a)lfo/s is masculine, one could just as well write leukou/s.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; medicine; philosophy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 June 2000@18:18:53.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (modified note) on 4 July 2002@23:03:41.
David Whitehead (added note; cosmetics) on 5 July 2002@03:45:41.
Catharine Roth on 5 July 2002@11:02:41.
David Whitehead (expanded and modified notes; tweaks and cosmetics) on 11 February 2012@07:35:34.
Catharine Roth (cosmeticule) on 13 March 2012@00:01:32.
David Whitehead on 20 August 2013@08:25:31.

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