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Headword: *gomfi/ous
Adler number: gamma,373
Translated headword: molars
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] teeth, fastenings.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] gomfio/doupa xalina/ ["molar-rattling bits"]; [it occurs] in the Epigrams:[2] [it means] those which ring against the molars, that is the jaws.
Greek Original:
*gomfi/ous: o)do/ntas, kleidw/seis. kai\ *gomfio/doupa xalina/: e)n *)epigra/mmasi: ta\ ei)s tou\s gomfi/ous ktupou=nta, toute/sti ta\s siago/nas.
Notes:
cf. gamma 372, gamma 374.
[1] Likewise already in Hesychius, though there this accusative plural is not gomfi/ous but go/mfous.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.233.1 (Maikios/Maecius), a dedication of equestrian gear to Poseidon; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 282-283) and further extracts from this epigram at kappa 1520, mu 266, mu 1430, and psi 66. Gow and Page suggest (vol. II, 314) that gomfio/doupa be translated so as to evoke rattling in the teeth (vol. II, 314).
References:
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
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Translated by: Catharine Roth on 24 November 2000@18:55:53.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 30 August 2002@09:36:55.
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Catharine Roth (added betacode and keyword) on 11 January 2012@23:39:26.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaking) on 10 June 2012@07:07:18.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 28 September 2015@11:27:39.
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