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Headword:
*xrei/w
Adler number: chi,470
Translated headword: I proclaim
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The [verb that means] I prophesy.[1]
[Spelled] with a diphthong; but the future xrh/sw [is spelled] with eta.
But xri/w [meaning] anoint [is spelled] with iota.[2]
Greek Original:*xrei/w: to\ manteu/omai. dia\ difqo/ggou: o( de\ me/llwn xrh/sw dia\ tou= h. *xri/w de\ to\ a)lei/fw, dia\ tou= i.
Notes:
See already
alpha 3788 (end), copied from here.
[1] The headword is the epic/Ionic spelling of
xra/w (which we would do better to call *
xrh/w). In Ionic the
eta became shorter and more closed before an o-vowel (cf. the participle
xre/wsa). Epic meter required a long vowel, so it was spelled with
epsiloniota to represent a closed long
e. Similar glosses in other lexica and grammarians. See also
chi 469,
chi 492,
chi 519,
chi 541,
chi 547.
[2] cf.
chi 519,
chi 520,
epsilon 4045.
M. Lejeune, Phonétique historique du mycénien et du grec ancien, (Paris 1972) p. 256.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 4 June 2007@21:29:50.
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