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Headword: *lixano/s
Adler number: lambda,629
Translated headword: licking, licking-finger, forefinger
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the finger next to the thumb; [spelled] with an iota.[1]
[In other words,] lei/xw ["I lick"], [but] lixano/s; [sc. and on the same principle] oi)ktei/rw ["I pity"], [but] oi)ktirmo/s ["compassion"]; sei/w ["I shake"], [but] si=tos ["grain"].[2]
Greek Original:
*lixano/s: o( meta\ to\n a)nti/xeira da/ktulos: dia\ tou= i. lei/xw, lixano/s: oi)ktei/rw, oi)ktirmo/s: sei/w, si=tos.
Notes:
[1] For the headword cf. under alpha 3031 (= pi 1780).
[2] The last of these purported connections is dubious.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; medicine
Translated by: David Whitehead on 19 January 2007@06:15:07.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (augmented translation, set status) on 20 January 2007@00:46:10.
David Whitehead (note) on 20 January 2007@04:15:50.
David Whitehead (x-refs) on 14 June 2009@09:44:14.
David Whitehead on 21 April 2013@07:14:42.

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