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Headword:
*da/|s
Adler number: delta,75
Translated headword: firebrand, torch
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] lamp.[1]
"Bringing fire in torches and twigs smeared with pitch they set fire to the ship."[2]
And elsewhere: "[they] set half-beams cast upon the extremely soft couches and beds adorned with some sort of woven web, which burst into flame from the firebrands, and the hymn of the women singing was carried along with the derisive bridal chorus."[3]
Greek Original:*da/|s: lampa/s. pu=r te e)n da|si\ kai\ fake/lous pi/ssh| kexrisme/nous komi/zontes th\n pla/thn a)na/ptousin. kai\ au)=qis: ta\ h(mi/toma e)pi\ kli/nais beblhme/na ma/la a(brai=s kai\ strwmnai=s u(/fei tini\ u(perhfa/nw| kekosmhme/nais e)piqe/ntas, u(po\ da|si\n e)pakmazou/sais tw=| puri/, kai\ to\n u(me/naion a)|dousw=n gunaikw=n, komisqh=nai meta\ xorei/as gamhli/ou te kai\ kerto/mou.
Notes:
Keywords: definition; gender and sexuality; history; meter and music; trade and manufacture; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 December 2003@15:57:03.
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