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Headword: *fo/nou ptero/n
Adler number: phi,575
Translated headword: death's wing, murder's wing
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] that [which comes] through arrows, winged or quick. But better to understand periphrastically [as] death.
Greek Original:
*fo/nou ptero/n: to\n dia\ tw=n o)i+stw=n, ptero/enta h)\ taxu/n. be/ltion de\ a)kou/ein perifrastikw=s to\n fo/non.
Note:
Tragica adespota fr. 581; cf. Zenobius 6.31, Diogenianus 3.86.
Keywords: daily life; definition; imagery; military affairs; proverbs; tragedy
Translated by: David Whitehead on 15 December 2002@05:44:24.
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Catharine Roth (set status) on 20 January 2004@00:52:41.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 20 January 2004@03:18:53.
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