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Headword: *lei/ria
Adler number: lambda,392
Translated headword: lilies, Madonna lilies, narcissus
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the flowers [of that name], or white lilies.[1]
"She alone who plucked lilies of the Graces [...]."[2]
Greek Original:
*lei/ria: ta\ a)/nqh, h)\ kri/na. h( mou/nh *xari/twn lei/ria dreyame/nh.
Notes:
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda151 Theodoridis. See also lambda 393 (and cf. lambda 394, kappa 2429).
[2] Greek Anthology 7.219.2 (Pompeius the Younger); cf. zeta 64, kappa 1878, chi 585.
Keywords: botany; definition; imagery; mythology; poetry; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 23 November 2008@22:00:16.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another x-ref; another keyword; cosmetics) on 24 November 2008@03:09:18.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 4 March 2009@16:18:28.
David Whitehead on 17 April 2013@06:12:54.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 5 May 2020@01:00:46.
Catharine Roth (more cross-references) on 5 May 2020@01:04:46.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 8 July 2023@23:22:27.
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