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Headword:
*)alki/noos
Adler number: alpha,1286
Translated headword: strong-minded; Alkinoos, Alcinous
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] mighty.[1]
Also [sc. attested is] Alkinoos [as] a proper [name].[2]
Greek Original:*)alki/noos: o( dunato/s. kai\ *)alki/noos ku/rion.
Notes:
[1] Same glossing in ps.-
Zonaras and, according to Adler, the
Ambrosian Lexicon.
[2] Whoever added this probably had in mind A. the king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaa (
nu 70), in the
Odyssey; but note also e.g. A. the summariser of
Plato (For both, see OCD(4) p.53.)
Keywords: definition; epic; mythology; philosophy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 16 May 2000@14:12:25.
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