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Headword:
*)/axeiros
Adler number: alpha,4690
Translated headword: handless
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] one who lacks a hand, [a word formed] by metaplasm.[1]
The Pisidian [writes]: "footless, handless, he does not press on the throat; each had full sets of limbs." He says [this] about the cruelty of Chosroes.[2]
Greek Original:*)/axeiros: o( xeiro\s e)sterhme/nos, kata\ metaplasmo/n. *pisi/dhs: a)/pous, a)/xeiros, ou) barei= to\n au)xe/na: plh/reis e(ka/stw| tw=n melw=n ai( sunqe/seis. peri\ th=s *xosro/ou w)mo/thto/s fhsi.
Notes:
[1] Metaplasm is '[t]he formation of cases of nouns or tenses of verbs from a non-existent nominative or present' (LSJ s.v.).
[2] George of
Pisidia,
Heraclias 1.45-46. For Chosroes see generally
chi 418.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 December 2001@13:16:50.
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