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Headword:
*)epi/klhtos
Adler number: epsilon,2387
Translated headword: extraneous; far-fetched
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning someone or something] arriving from outside.[1]
"He presumed that by his far-fetched and senseless abuse he would [himself] appear more trustworthy".[2]
Greek Original:*)epi/klhtos: e)/cwqen e)rxo/menos. dia\ th=s e)piklh/tou kai\ a)lo/gou loidori/as u(pe/labe pisto/teros fanh/sesqai.
Notes:
For a more conventional meaning of the headword see
epsilon 2388.
[1] Similar glossing in
Hesychius epsilon4866, where Latte claims the headword as quoted from the
Septuagint (
Amos 1.5).
[2]
Polybius 8.11.2, in one of his tirades against
Timaeus (
tau 602).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 May 2003@08:46:00.
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