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Headword: *)aporei=n kai\ sfakeli/zein tw=| deinw=|
Adler number: alpha,3496
Translated headword: to wither and to mortify in a horrible way
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The [verb] sfakeli/zein ["to mortify, have gangrene"] is to have an infection and to convulse because of this. Cratinus [sc. uses the phrase].
Greek Original:
*)aporei=n kai\ sfakeli/zein tw=| deinw=|: to\ me\n sfakeli/zein flegmai/nein e)sti\ kai\ dia\ tou=to spa=sqai. *krati=nos.
Notes:
Likewise in other lexica. The headword phrase is Cratinus fr. 342 Kock, now 384 K.-A.
cf. sigma 1709.
Keywords: comedy; definition; medicine
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 June 2001@15:55:20.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 21 August 2002@10:04:03.
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