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Headword:
*xrusoxa/linon
Adler number: chi,585
Translated headword: gold-bridled
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] that which is brilliant, pleasing.[1] "[Lais] no longer sees the gold-bridled light of the sun.[2]"
Greek Original:*xrusoxa/linon: to\ lampro/n, to\ terpno/n. ou)ke/ti xrusoxa/linon o(ra=| fa/os h)eli/oio.
Notes:
[1] Neuter singular of this adjective, presumably extracted from the quotation given (though in fact well-attested in its literal sense;
alpha 1636 has an instance).
[2]
Greek Anthology 7.219.3,
Pompeius the Younger (which has
dro/mon "course" for the Suda's "light"). Other quotations from this epigram at
zeta 64,
kappa 1878, and
lambda 392. On the legendary hetaera Lais, see
lambda 40,
nu 16, and names of other Corinthian courtesans at
epsilon 3266.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 4 April 2008@08:01:39.
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