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Headword: *fu/shn
Adler number: phi,859
Translated headword: breath
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. fu/shn is the same as] fu=san.
Greek Original:
*fu/shn: th\n fu=san.
Note:
The entry notes the equivalence between two alternative forms of the accusative singular of the feminine noun fu=sa ('breath', 'bladder'; in plural, 'bellows', cf. phi 855). The latter is more common. Literary attestations of the former include the Hippocratic treatise On the Nature of Bones 13 and Oribasius 24.1.18, both with the meaning 'breath'.
Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; medicine
Translated by: William Hutton on 13 February 2014@09:45:26.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics; raised status) on 13 February 2014@10:03:20.


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