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Headword: *)enafh=kan
Adler number: epsilon,1145
Translated headword: they let drop into
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] they put into. "They let drop wedges into the oak, so that it might split".[1]
Greek Original:
*)enafh=kan: e)ne/balon. e)nafh=kan th=| drui\+ sfh=nas, w(s diastai/h.
Notes:
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and the Lexicon Vindobonense. The headword is aorist indicative active, third person plural, of the verb e)nafi/hmi. It purports to be extracted from the quotation given, but see next note.
[1] Babrius 38.2 (but the verb there is e)nei=ran).
Keywords: architecture; botany; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; science and technology
Translated by: Antonella Ippolito on 15 October 2005@14:50:20.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified n.1; added a keyword; cosmetics) on 16 October 2005@12:18:09.
David Whitehead (augmented notes) on 22 August 2012@07:34:18.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 18 November 2014@23:10:58.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 9 January 2016@08:40:13.

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