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Headword: *(omo/sfuros
Adler number: omicron,289
Translated headword: ankle-sharer, walking companion
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] one who makes a journey together [with someone].
Greek Original:
*(omo/sfuros: o( e)n tau)tw=| th\n porei/an poiou/menos.
Notes:
Attested only in grammarians and lexicography. Hesychius omicron809-810 offers the glosses 'sister' and (for the plural) 'fellow-travelers'; the Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum have 'brother'.
For the etymology cf. sigma 1761.
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 2 January 2010@22:58:37.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (expanded note; another keyword) on 4 January 2010@04:07:30.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 26 June 2013@09:43:38.
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