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Headword: *)anqi/sasqai mousikh=s
Adler number: alpha,2515
Translated headword: to cull flowers of music
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
['To cull flowers of music']; also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'those who have culled flowers of music', [meaning] those who have gathered the blossoms of music.
Greek Original:
*)anqi/sasqai mousikh=s: kai\ *)hnqisme/noi mousikh=s, oi( h)qroiko/tes ta\ a)/nqh th=s mousikh=s.
Note:
Same entry in Photius and elsewhere, originating from Phrynichus (Praeparatio sophistica fr. 221). The ultimate source of these phrases is unknown.
Keywords: botany; definition; imagery; meter and music
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 July 2000@09:59:57.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 13 August 2002@06:28:27.
David Whitehead (expanded note; another keyword; tweaking) on 15 March 2012@06:45:34.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 22 January 2015@23:11:29.
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