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Headword: *fu/samos
Adler number: phi,856
Translated headword: physamos, physamus, puffer-fish
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A kind of maritime whale.
Greek Original:
*fu/samos: ei)=dos kh/tous qalassi/ou.
Note:
So already under kappa 1555. But see LSJ s.v. fu/salos [sic], III, citing mentions of the word in that form in Oppian and Aelian. Also, Küster noted the mention of fu/saloi by Eustathius, Commentary on the Iliad 4.207 van der Valk.
Keywords: definition; poetry; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 2 November 2010@08:31:47.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (expanded note, set status) on 3 November 2010@01:49:29.
David Whitehead (expanded headword and note) on 3 November 2010@04:10:57.
David Whitehead on 18 December 2013@08:12:22.
Catharine Roth (betacode cosmeticule) on 8 April 2023@00:21:09.

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