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Headword: *triw/rofos
Adler number: tau,999
Translated headword: three-floored, three-storeyed
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[no gloss]

Greek Original:

*triw/rofos.

Notes:

For the etymology of this adjective (noted in ps.-Herodian, Partitiones) cf. omicron 628.
It is attested in e.g. Herodotus' description of Babylon (1.180.3: plh=res oi)kie/wn trioro/fwn kai\ tetroro/fwn) and in God's specifications for Noah's ark (Genesis 6.16 LXX); also used by Josephus, Origen, and later writers.

Keywords: architecture; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; religion; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: David Whitehead on 18 May 2011@08:36:23.
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Catharine Roth (added note, set status) on 24 May 2011@01:31:17.
David Whitehead (expanded note; more keywords) on 24 May 2011@03:35:33.
David Whitehead on 15 January 2014@06:43:43.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 16 March 2015@00:09:01.
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