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Headword: *)/exis
Adler number: epsilon,4015
Translated headword: viper
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A kind of a snake.[1] [sc. So called] from [the ability] to hold fast:[2] since it alone of snakes does not lay eggs, but is viviparous. The dative is tw| e)/xei.
Also [sc. attested is the diminutive] e)xei/dion.[3] Mention is also made of an ai(mo/rrous, a kind of viper, which has its habitat in the clefts of rocks.[4]
Greek Original:
*)/exis: ei)=dos o)/fews. a)po\ tou= kate/xein: dio/ti mo/non tw=n o)/fewn ou)k w)|otokei=, a)lla\ zw|otokei=. h( dotikh\ tw=| e)/xei. kai\ *)exei/dion. le/getai kai\ ai(mo/rrous ge/nos e)/xeos, e)n toi=s petrw/desi xhramoi=s e)/xon ta\s diatriba/s.
Notes:
[1] cf. epsilon 4007.
[2] i.e. echis from the verb echein.
[3] cf. epsilon 4006.
[4] From alphaiota 206.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; medicine; science and technology; zoology
Translated by: Ryan Stone on 7 February 2008@21:38:36.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 8 February 2008@03:51:50.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword) on 21 November 2012@05:14:46.
Catharine Roth (betacode) on 28 March 2018@18:49:27.

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