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Headword: *(alieu/esqai
Adler number: alpha,1217
Translated headword: to be a fisher
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The [verb that means] to fish.[1] They also say it as we [do].[2]
Greek Original:
*(alieu/esqai: to\ a(lieu/ein. le/gousi de\ [kai\] w(s h(mei=s.
Notes:
Likewise in other lexica; references at Photius alpha946 Theodoridis.
[1] The headword is in the middle voice; the gloss is active.
[2] (The 'also' is added by Suda editors from the other lexica.) Only the middle occurs in Attic, but the koine uses either active or middle. See LSJ s.v.
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; trade and manufacture; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 May 2000@20:07:31.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added note) on 16 June 2002@16:09:37.
David Whitehead (augmented n.2) on 9 May 2004@08:42:18.
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