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Headword: *klasibw/laka
Adler number: kappa,1704
Translated headword: clod-breaking
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] that which smooths the clods [of earth].[1] "Fallow-breaking clod-smoothing bronze of the plow."[2]
Greek Original:
*klasibw/laka: to\n ta\s bw/lous leai/nonta. xalko\n a)rotrh/thn klasibw/laka neiotomh=a.
Notes:
[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is masculine accusative singular of the poetic compound adjective klasibw=lac. For 'clods' cf. beta 483.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.41.1 (Agathias): agricultural implements dedicated to Demeter. See another extract from this epigram at omicron 504.
Keywords: agriculture; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry; religion; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 27 November 2008@01:41:52.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (x-ref; another keyword; cosmetics) on 27 November 2008@03:06:12.
David Whitehead on 27 February 2013@07:10:33.
Ronald Allen (added cross-reference n.2) on 26 August 2023@12:44:07.
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