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Headword: *)axw/r
Adler number: alpha,4711
Translated headword: dandruff
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the flaking of the scalp. From a)/xnh ["peeling-off"] [comes] a)xnw/r; and losing the nu [it becomes] a)xw/r. It declines a)xw=ros [spelled] with an omega; like i)xw=ros ["of serous discharge"], [meaning] of putrid blood.
Greek Original:
*)axw/r: to\ piturw=des th=s kefalh=s. para\ to\ a)/xnh, a)xnw/r: kai\ a)pobolh=| tou= n a)xw/r. kli/netai de\ a)xw=ros dia\ tou= w mega/lou: w(s i)xw=ros, tou= seshpo/tos ai(/matos.
Notes:
Same or similar material in other lexica and grammars. The headword is attested, sparingly, from Aristophanes onwards: see LSJ s.v.
cf. iota 794.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; medicine
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 June 2001@23:05:58.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 20 June 2002@09:52:25.
David Whitehead (another note; betacode and other cosmetics) on 9 May 2012@09:32:15.
David Whitehead on 26 January 2014@05:41:50.
Catharine Roth (tweaked betacode) on 9 January 2016@14:33:13.
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