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Headword: *palaisthno/s
Adler number: pi,64
Translated headword: palm-sized, four-finger-sized
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. An adjective formed] out of palaisth/, [genitive] palaisth/s.[1] But *palaisti=nos ["Philistine"][sc. is different].[2]
Greek Original:
*palaisthno/s: e)k tou= palaisth/, palaisth/s. *palaisti=nos de/.
Notes:
[1] *palaisth/, variant palasth/, is a measure of length ("palm of the hand": c.3 inches); cf. pi 63.
[2] cf. pi 66. At alpha 3519, it is apparently suggested that *palaisti=nos and *palaisth=nos are variant spellings of "Palestinian."
Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; mathematics; science and technology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 13 August 2010@01:12:25.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks) on 13 August 2010@03:52:48.
David Whitehead (another headword option) on 26 August 2011@06:16:18.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr) on 5 April 2012@05:09:42.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 23 September 2015@00:48:44.
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