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Headword: *)/afqiton
Adler number: alpha,4628
Translated headword: immortal, imperishable, undecaying
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning something] incorruptible.[1]
Philosophers use aphthitos for things without souls, athanatos ["deathless"] for things with souls.[2]
Greek Original:
*)/afqiton: a)/fqarton. o(/ti to\ a)/fqitos e)pi\ a)yu/xwn filo/sofoi ta/ttousi, to\ de\ a)qa/natos e)pi\ e)myu/xwn.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.46, where the headword (neuter singular of this adjective) occurs.
[2] From alpha 705.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; philosophy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 June 2001@23:01:56.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 5 June 2001@03:48:40.
David Whitehead (added note) on 5 June 2001@03:50:36.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword) on 7 May 2012@07:35:05.
David Whitehead on 11 September 2015@07:12:36.
Catharine Roth (more headword translations) on 28 December 2015@23:02:00.
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