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Headword: *kenw=n fa/ous
Adler number: kappa,1328
Translated headword: of those empty of light
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] of blind [people].
Greek Original:
*kenw=n fa/ous: tuflw=n.
Notes:
Same entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa573 Theodoridis.
The headword phrase 'empty of light', here in the genitive plural, is commonly used by grammarians to derive gno/fos or kne/fas "darkness"; the latter derivation already occurs in Plutarch, Moralia [De primo frigido] 948E, citing Chrysippus fr.430. The lexicographers' phrase itself is believed to come from Attic tragedy: Adespota fr.219* Snell & Kannicht.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; medicine; philosophy; tragedy
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 30 October 2008@07:13:30.
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David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 30 October 2008@07:42:45.
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