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Headword: *au)xmhra\ tra/peza
Adler number: alpha,4543
Translated headword: dry table, parched table
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] that which is without food and poor.
Also [sc. attested is] au)xmhro/n ["dry, parched"], [something] hateful, or dark.[1]
Greek Original:
*au)xmhra\ tra/peza: h( chra\ kai\ penixra/. kai\ *au)xmhro/n, stugno\n, h)\ skoteino/n.
Notes:
The headword phrase is unidentifiable (Callimachus fr.33 Kapp, but not in Pfeiffer). See also alpha 1825.
See generally LSJ s.v. au)xmhro/s for the full range of meanings, literal and figurative, of this adjective.
[1] Likewise in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 554A, where this adjective is used of a person.
Keywords: daily life; definition; economics; ethics; food; imagery; philosophy; poetry; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 August 2001@17:49:40.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes; added keywords; cosmetics) on 7 August 2001@03:49:50.
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 28 August 2002@07:18:18.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks) on 16 September 2009@09:54:51.
David Whitehead on 4 May 2012@08:40:25.
David Whitehead on 11 September 2015@04:46:54.

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