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Headword: *xeiroh/qhs
Adler number: chi,252
Translated headword: submissive
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning something] gentle, meek.[1]
Also [sc. attested is] xeiroh/qhs, [genitive] xeiroh/qous.[2]
Greek Original:
*xeiro/hqes: h(/meron, pra=on. kai\ *xeiroh/qhs, xeiroh/qous.
Notes:
The headword, evidently quoted from somewhere, is the neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective xeiro/hqhs (literally "accustomed to the hand"), a compound of xei/r ("hand") and h)qa/s ("accustomed to").
[1] = Etymologicum Genuinum, Etymologicum Magnum 810.39. See also Hesychius and ps.-Herodian 150.
[2] = Lexicum Ambrosianum 144 (according to Adler). These two words are the masculine/feminine nominative singular and masculine/feminine genitive singular of the adjective, demonstrating the paradigm.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; imagery
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 21 March 2008@15:50:51.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (tweaks, status) on 21 March 2008@22:35:38.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 23 March 2008@05:36:15.
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