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Headword:
*dh|ou=n
Adler number: delta,482
Translated headword: to kill
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to attack as an enemy, to destroy.
But dhi/+oun [means] they were slaying, they were wounding.[1]
Greek Original:*dh|ou=n: polemei=n, porqei=n. *dhi/+oun de\ die/kopton, e)ti/trwskon.
Notes:
This entry notes the subtle difference between the Attic infinitive form
dh|ou=n and the Homeric unaugmented imperfect form
dhi/+oun (both from the verb
dhi+o/w). See also
delta 391,
delta 484,
epsilon 229,
kappa 526.
[1] cf. scholion on
Homer,
Iliad 11.71, where this form occurs.
Cunliffe, Richard John, A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; military affairs
Translated by: James Hicks on 1 April 2005@09:36:09.
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