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Headword:
*lwfh=sai
Adler number: lambda,745
Translated headword: to abate
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "Justinian was very ready for the destruction of humankind, but had no means to abate [it]."[1]
The [term] "to abate" applies strictly to oxen, [i.e.] removing the weight from the neck. For lophos [is] the [animal's] neck.[2]
Greek Original:*lwfh=sai: h)=n de\ *)ioustiniano\s e)s me\n a)nqrw/pwn fqora\n e(toi- mo/tatos, e)s de\ to\ lwfh=sai a)mh/xanos. kuri/ws de\ ei)/rhtai lwfh=sai e)pi\ bow=n, to\ to\ ba/ros a)po\ tou= traxh/lou a)poqe/sqai. lo/fos ga\r o( tra/xhlos.
Notes:
For this verb see also
lambda 744,
lambda 747; and cf.
lambda 746.
[1]
Procopius,
Secret History 15.5 (actually about Theodora rather than Justinian: see web address 1; Greek text at web address 2); cf. Kaldellis (68). For Justinian see generally
iota 446. For Theodora see
alpha 956 note.
[2] Same folk-etymological material in
Photius (lambda508 Theodoridis) and other lexica. For the equivalence invoked, see already
lambda 704.
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 April 2009@04:50:36.
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