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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]: "One no longer bears weight [sc. solely] on the neck, footless, handless; everyone has a full complement 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.). There is no nominative adjective *
xeiros.
[2] George of
Pisidia,
Heraclias 1.45-46 Tartaglia; on Chosroes II's past methods of interrogation, torture, and execution. The Suda reverses the order of the quoted lines in the original text. Targaglia notes this (197, n.13) and maintains the reordering. For Chosroes see generally
chi 418 note.
L. Tartaglia, ed., Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, (Torino 1998)
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 December 2001@13:16:50.
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