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Headword:
*)epe/fu
Adler number: epsilon,2107
Translated headword: clung to
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning [he/she/it] held. "But, as the saying goes, he [sc. would have] clung [fast] to it with both his hands."[1]
Greek Original:*)epe/fu: a)nti\ tou= e)kra/thsen. a)lla\ to\ dh\ lego/menon a)mfoi=n tai=n xeroi=n e)pe/fu.
Note:
[1] An approximation -- the opening adverb (
alpha 3688) is omitted -- of
Polybius 12.10.6 (web address 1), preserved in the
Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 1.128.4-5. The subject is his especial bugbear
Timaeus [
tau 600, etc.] and his attitude to truthful information.
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history; imagery
Translated by: Emily Rossow on 2 October 2006@07:55:04.
Vetted by:William Hutton (modified translation. Added note, link and keywords.) on 2 October 2006@07:56:32.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 2 October 2006@08:34:07.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 7 October 2012@07:15:38.
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