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Headword:
*gew/lofon
Adler number: gamma,162
Translated headword: hillock, hummock
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] hill, mountain, elevation of earth; and thus they also call the man who is thick and insensitive.[1]
"For he has acquired this little lot on this pathetic hillock."[2]
Greek Original:*gew/lofon: o)reino\n, o)/ros, u(/ywma gh=s: kalou=si d' ou(/tws kai\ to\n paxu\n kai\ a)nai/sqhton a)/nqrwpon. pe/pato ga\r ou) me/ga tou=to klhri/on e)n luprh=| th=|de gewlofi/h|.
Notes:
See LSJ s.v. for both of these senses; an instance of the first at
epsilon 1620.
[1] Likewise, variously, in other lexica.
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.98.5-6 (
Zonas), using a feminine variant of the headword; cf.
lambda 847,
pi 993. On this epigram, a farmer's dedication to Demeter and the Horae, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 380-391), (vol. II, 414), and further extracts at
lambda 533 and
omicron 153.
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 24 June 2002@16:04:33.
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