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Headword:
*xelu/nh
Adler number: chi,194
Translated headword: lip
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning specifically] the upper lip.
"A Median arrow planted itself in his upper lip."[1]
And elsewhere: "... man standing by man, biting his [sc. upper] lip in anger."[2]
Greek Original:*xelu/nh: to\ a)/nw xei=los. ei)s th\n u(perw/|an xelu/nhn o)i+sto\s *mhdiko\s e)nerri/zwto. kai\ au)=qis: sta\s a)nh\r par' a)/ndr', u(p' o)rgh=s th\n xelu/nhn e)sqi/wn.
Notes:
[1] Theophylact Simocatta,
Histories 2.6.2; on a mortally wounded Roman soldier found at the Battle of Solachon in 586; cf. de Boor (80) and Whitby (50). On this battle, see
alpha 141 note and cross-references therein to related entries.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Wasps 1083 (web address 1 below).
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; ethics; geography; historiography; history; imagery; medicine; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 March 2008@12:13:06.
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