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Headword: *)ano/nhta
Adler number: alpha,2556
Translated headword: unprofitable [things]
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] useless [ones]. "For bodies which are superfluous and unprofitable fall into grave misfortunes from gods."[1] Such as Ajax.
Greek Original:
*)ano/nhta: a)nwfelh=. ta\ ga\r peritta\ ka)no/nhta sw/mata pi/ptei barei/ais pro\s qew=n duspraci/ais. oi(=on o( *ai)/as.
Notes:
The headword, neuter plural of this adjective, is perhaps extracted from the quotation given, though there are numerous other instances (including the one -- Euripides, Hecuba 766 -- quoted by Photius, Lexicon alpha2033 Theodoridis).
[1] Sophocles, Ajax 758-9 (web address 1).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 July 2000@19:34:11.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 10 March 2001@11:46:35.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword; tweaking) on 15 March 2012@10:06:47.
David Whitehead (expanded primary note) on 22 August 2013@08:20:41.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note and link) on 26 September 2013@00:15:50.
David Whitehead on 19 July 2015@08:32:06.
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