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Headword: *xoira/des
Adler number: chi,592
Translated headword: reefs
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] smooth rocks in the sea;[1] or outcrops; or summits of rocks.
Greek Original:
*xoira/des: pe/trai lei=ai e)n qala/ssh|: h)\ e)coxai/: h)\ o)/xqoi petrw=n.
Notes:
[1] From glosses on Herodotus 2.29.5, where this nominative plural headword occurs in reference to rocky obstructions in the Nile (web address 1).
cf. generally omicron 1051, upsilon 698.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography
Translated by: David Whitehead on 4 April 2008@08:07:51.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 4 April 2008@12:04:44.
David Whitehead (x-refs) on 6 April 2008@03:52:19.
David Whitehead on 14 November 2013@05:23:01.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 9 July 2023@01:11:30.
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