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Headword:
*)afrio/en
Adler number: alpha,4649
Translated headword: frothy
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] foamy. "Furiously grinding [her teeth], with a din, at her frothy chin."[1]
Greek Original:*)afrio/en: a)frw=des. a)frio/en konabhdo\n e)pipri/ousa ge/neion.
Notes:
The headword, neuter singular of this adjective, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1]
Greek Anthology 7.531.5 (Antipater of Thessalonica), a Spartan mother gnashes her teeth and foams at the mouth, having dispatched her cowardly son with a sword; cf.
kappa 2026. On this epigram, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 26-27); (vol. II, 39-40); and further excerpts at
alpha 3852,
epsilon 3709,
lambda 672,
phi 14, and
phi 851.
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
Keywords: children; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; military affairs; poetry; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 June 2001@13:31:14.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (cosmetics, added keyword) on 28 August 2002@22:13:09.
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 29 August 2002@03:00:00.
David Whitehead (modified translation; augmented note and keywords) on 29 August 2002@09:15:24.
Catharine Roth (cosmeticule) on 25 January 2009@01:05:14.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword) on 7 May 2012@09:16:28.
David Whitehead on 11 March 2013@05:41:56.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords) on 4 May 2022@19:03:59.
Ronald Allen (tweaked translation in consultation with Managing Editor Catharine Roth; reworked n.1) on 19 May 2022@14:53:50.
Ronald Allen (better wording n.1) on 19 May 2022@15:06:26.
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