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Headword: *)ekgamhqh=nai
Adler number: epsilon,380
Translated headword: exogamy
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
When a virgin is given away[1] to another family, that is to people not related, this is called exogamy.
Greek Original:
*)ekgamhqh=nai: o(/tan ei)s e(/teron ge/nos e)kdoqh=| parqe/nos, oi(onei\ toi=s mh\ prosh/kousi, tou=to e)kgamei=sqai le/getai.
Notes:
The headword, evidently quoted from somewhere (here and in other lexica), is actually the aorist passive infinitive of the verb e)kgamei=n.
[1] Meaning betrothed.
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; gender and sexuality; women
Translated by: Ross Scaife ✝ on 24 November 2002@20:24:42.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added notes and keyword; cosmetics) on 25 November 2002@04:04:31.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 3 August 2012@03:52:41.
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