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Headword: *xai/rein, eu)= pra/ttein, polla\ fronei=n
Adler number: chi,165
Translated headword: greetings, do/fare well, be high-minded (?)
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Words of address. But some [define] xai/rein [as] to bewail, to groan.
Greek Original:
*xai/rein, eu)= pra/ttein, polla\ fronei=n: prosrh/mata. oi( de\ *xai/rein, oi)mw/zein, stena/zein.
Note:
For the latter use of xai/rein cf. chi 156, chi 161. Synesius in his Epistle 140 comments on using the uncommon expression πολλὰ φρονεῖν instead of the usual xai/rein or eu) pra/ttein. A. Fitzgerald translates this as "be wise": see web address 1.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; rhetoric
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 28 October 2003@13:17:06.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added x-refs and keywords; cosmetics) on 29 October 2003@04:08:12.
David Whitehead on 10 November 2013@05:47:29.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 22 April 2023@19:45:09.
Catharine Roth on 23 April 2023@00:54:23.
Catharine Roth (expanded note, added a link) on 23 April 2023@01:03:47.
Catharine Roth on 23 April 2023@01:06:15.
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