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Headword:
*)ana/strw|
Adler number: alpha,2087
Translated headword: starless
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] without light.
"Do we then truly live under the light or do we sail on a moonless and starless [night]?"[1]
Greek Original:*)ana/strw|: a)feggei=. a)=ra/ ge o)rqw=s zw=men kai\ u(po\ fwti\ de\ h)\ e)n a)selh/nw| kai\ a)na/strw| ple/omen;
Notes:
The headword, dative singular of this adjective, is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given.
[1]
Iamblichus,
Babyloniaca fr. 12 Habrich. (This poetic statement is a faint echo of
Homer,
Iliad 18.61.)
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 October 2000@23:15:33.
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