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Headword:
*xi/metla
Adler number: chi,313
Translated headword: chilblains
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the so-called blisters, which come about from winter-cold [xeimw=nos] in the feet.
Greek Original:*xi/metla: ta\ a)pokau/mata lego/mena, a(/per gi/netai a)po\ xeimw=nos e)n toi=s posi/.
Notes:
From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Wasps 1167 (where the singular of the headword occurs).
For other entries on "chilblains" (with different spellings), see
chi 196 and
chi 231. Although cognate with
xeimw/n ("winter, cold"), the word is regularly spelled with an iota, as here; see LSJ s.v.
xi/metlon (web address 1).
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 30 March 2008@00:16:38.
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