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Headword:
Diexodoi
Adler number: delta,932
Translated headword: gusts, outlets
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] exhalations, secretions.
"For the gusts of wind escape unnoticed by the female bird, except when she has been impregnated." These [words] are from the
Oinomaos [Author, Myth] of
Sophocles.[1]
Diexodoi: ekpnoai, ekkriseis. lêthousi gar toi kai anemôn diexodoi thêleian ornin, plên hotan tokôi sparêi. esti de tauta ek tou Oinomaou Sophokleous.
Notes:
The headword, nominative plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
See also
delta 933.
[1]
Diogenes Laertius 4.35:
Arcesilaus (
alpha 3950) quotes
Sophocles fr.477 Radt; cf.
lambda 420. He means that '[m]en pay little heed to obvious facts except when their own interests are concerned' (A.C. Pearson).
Translated by: Meredith Grau on 1 July 2004@14:00:14.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (modified translation, added note and keywords, set status) on 1 July 2004@18:40:22.
David Whitehead (augmented headword, notes, keywords; cosmetics) on 2 July 2004@03:27:02.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords) on 9 July 2012@03:45:04.
David Whitehead on 6 November 2015@03:26:40.
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