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Headword:
*)arkw=
Adler number: alpha,3956
Translated headword: I am a match, I hold out, I endure
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Used] with a dative.[1] [Meaning] I am strong, I am able to prevail.
"The greater part of life has already left, and I am no longer holding out."[2]
Greek Original:*)arkw=: dotikh=|. i)sxu/w, u(pomei=nai du/namai. o( polu\s h)/dh bi/otos a)pole/loipen, ou)d' e)/t' a)rkw=.
Notes:
[1] So at (e.g.)
Homer,
Iliad 15.529; and see already
alpha 3951. (But the absolute usage, now to be illustrated, is more common.)
[2]
Sophocles,
Electra 185-6 (web address 1 below).
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 29 July 2001@20:34:06.
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