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Headword: *(abru/netai
Adler number: alpha,99
Translated headword: puts on airs
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] adorns oneself, is conceited, is boastful.
Greek Original:
*(abru/netai: kosmei=tai, qru/ptetai, kauxa=tai.
Note:
Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha61 Theodoridis. This is comment, presumably, on one of the famous appearances of the headword in Attic tragedy: Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1205 (web address 1); Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1339 (web address 2).
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; tragedy
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 26 August 1998@19:48:03.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (Modified headword and translation, set keyword and status) on 1 February 2001@23:04:11.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword) on 27 February 2003@09:04:25.
Jennifer Benedict (added links and title tags) on 25 March 2008@12:05:09.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 26 March 2008@04:00:14.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 21 December 2011@06:47:48.
David Whitehead on 16 August 2013@07:29:27.
Catharine Roth (tweaked links) on 15 February 2017@01:28:24.
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