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Headword:
*)epw|a/zousin
Adler number: epsilon,2829
Translated headword: they brood
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] they sing over their eggs, they call out.
Greek Original:*)epw|a/zousin: e)pi\ toi=s w)|oi=s a)/|dousi, bow=sin.
Notes:
Same entry in
Photius and other lexica. The headword is third person plural, present indicative active, of the verb
e)pw|a/zw (cf.
epsilon 2828). It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps
Aristotle,
History of Animals, where it occurs six times.
Hesychius glosses
e)pi\ toi=s w)|oi=s bow=sin, "they call out over their eggs." Perhaps there is some confusion between this verb and
e)paei/dw "I sing over."
At
alpha 1114 (
Aelian fr. 199 Domingo-Forasté, 196 Hercher), it appears that the hens would sing out when their eggs are stolen.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 17 December 2007@01:52:34.
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