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Headword: *ai)ni/zw
Adler number: alphaiota,220
Translated headword: I speak in riddles
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[ai)ni/zw] and ai)ni/ssw: [two verbs which mean] I speak in parables.
Greek Original:
*ai)ni/zw kai\ *ai)ni/ssw: to\ e)n parabolai=s lalw=.
Notes:
cf. generally alphaiota 221, alphaiota 223, eta 386, eta 390.
The verb is usually middle: ai)ni/ssomai, Attic ai)ni/ttomai, epic ai)ni/zomai. The active ai)ni/zein occurs in the Greek Anthology at 11.341 (Palladas); the active ai)ni/ssein is used in late prose.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 12 January 2003@00:51:06.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added x-ref) on 12 January 2003@05:19:42.
Catharine Roth (added cross-references, raised status) on 30 August 2006@00:46:38.
Catharine Roth (another cross-reference) on 30 August 2006@00:51:47.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 30 August 2006@03:04:00.
David Whitehead on 15 May 2012@05:36:05.

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