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[Meaning a] dwelling-place.
But [sc. note also the spelling] a)nw/geion.
Callisthenes said that a)nw/gewn is the prison.[1]
*)ana/gaion ["upstairs"] and kata/gaion ["downstairs"] [are spelled] with a diphthong and omicron.[2] The standard is perhaps to write a)nw/gewn and katw/gewn with omega and a plain [epsilon], but then the hunter of words[3] and the precise orthographer of the corresponding letters Kapnogeneios the Maistor[4] taught that these words should be written with the epsilon and the omicron. Only the word meso/gaion ["interior"] permits the diphthong, since it is derived from mesogei/a gh= and meso/geios gh=.

*)anw/gewn: oi)/khma. *)anw/geion de/. o(/ti *kallisqe/nhs to\ desmwth/rion a)nw/gewn ei)=pen. *)ana/gaion kai\ *kata/gaion dia\ difqo/ggou kai\ o mikrou=. to\ de\ a)nw/gewn kai\ katw/gewn ei) ta/xa kai\ oi( kano/nes dia\ tou= w mega/lou kai\ [e] yilou= gra/fousin, a)ll' ou)=n o( tw=n le/cewn qhrath\s kai\ tw=n tou/twn a)ntistoi/xwn a)kribh\s o)rqogra/fos *kapnoge/neios o( *mai/+stwr dia\ tou= e yilou= kai\ o mikrou= e)ce/doto tau=ta gra/fesqai. to\ de\ meso/gaion mo/non dia\ difqo/ggou ei)/asen: e)peidh\ eu(/rhtai mesogei/a gh= kai\ meso/geios gh=.

cf. alpha 2550, kappa 1105.
[1] Quoted from alpha 1827.
[2] Repeated at alpha 1819.
[3] cf. theta 346, theta 347.
[4] Kaprogeneios in ms M (so Adler); either way attested only here.

Ross Scaife ✝ (removed higher ascii) on 28 November 2001@07:59:45.
David Whitehead (added notes; cosmetics) on 28 November 2001@08:58:30.
David Whitehead (added note) on 14 August 2002@03:31:13.
David Whitehead (another x-ref; betacoding and other cosmetics) on 4 May 2006@05:50:08.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; cosmetics) on 16 March 2012@05:35:58.
David Whitehead on 3 January 2013@07:15:28.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 28 June 2015@00:41:50.
David Whitehead on 20 July 2015@02:55:40.

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