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Headword:
*(etero/gnaqos
Adler number: epsilon,3289
Translated headword: other-jawed
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] disobedient, or insatiable, and eating with both jaws.
Greek Original:*(etero/gnaqos: a)peiqh/s, h)\ a)/plhstos, kai\ a)mfote/rais tai=s gna/qois e)sqi/wn.
Notes:
Same overall glossing in
Photius; 'disobedient' in
Hesychius; 'insatiable etc.' in the
Etymologicum Magnum and elsewhere.
In its technical sense ('having one side of the mouth harder than the other': LSJ s.v.) the headword is applied to horses by
Xenophon and other writers.
Keywords: definition; ethics; food; imagery; medicine; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 24 January 2008@00:46:00.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (streamlined headword; augmented notes and keywords) on 24 January 2008@03:41:19.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 4 November 2012@04:29:01.
David Whitehead (coding and other cosmetics) on 19 February 2016@07:08:39.
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