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Headword: *geneia/s
Adler number: gamma,142
Translated headword: beard
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Means] the hairs. [sc. But neuter] geneion ["chin"] [means] the place, the part of the body.
"Our of his bushy beard flowed springs of fountain water."[1]
Search in [the entry on] aponoia ["senselessness"].[2]
The growth of hair above the lips is called a "moustache" [mustax], but that below a "beard" [pappos].[3]
Greek Original:
*geneia/s: ai( tri/xes. *ge/neion, o( to/pos, to\ me/ros tou= sw/matos. e)k de\ daski/ou geneia/dos krounoi\ dierrai/nonto krhnai/ou potou=. zh/tei e)n tw=| a)po/noia. o(/ti h( tou= a)/nw xei/lous tri/xwsis le/getai mu/stac, to\ de\ ka/tw pa/ppos.
Notes:
[1] Sophocles, Trachiniae 13-14 (web address 1 below); see also kappa 2392.
[2] alpha 3460.
[3] Quoted from pi 264.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; imagery; medicine; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 July 2002@00:00:12.
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