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Headword:
*surigmo/s
Adler number: sigma,1663
Translated headword: hiss, hissing
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning an] unvoiced sound.
"As regards the hissing and the hooting at the public festivals [...], who could easily explain it?"[1]
And elsewhere: "hissing, the Romans were voting down [sc. the Persian envoy] and were creating turmoil with their shouts."[2]
Greek Original:*surigmo/s: fwnh\ a)/shmos. tou\s de\ surigmou\s tou\s e)n tai=s koinai=s panhgu/resi kai\ tou\s xleuasmou\s ti/s e)chgh/saito r(a|di/ws; kai\ au)=qis: oi( de\ *(rwmai=oi katexeiroto/noun suri/ttontes kai\ taraxh\n tai=s boai=s e)nepoi/oun.
Notes:
The entry illustrates both an abstract noun and the present participle of a related verb.
[1]
Polybius 30.29.6 (here abridged), on events of 166/5 BCE. The hostility is directed against pro-Roman politicians.
[2] Theophylact Simocatta,
Histories 1.15.11.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 26 May 2014@07:07:53.
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