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Headword:
*)iauqmoi/
Adler number: iota,68
Translated headword: dens, lairs, sleeping-places
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] places for sleeping, [so named] from the [verb] i)au/ein ["to sleep"].[1]
[The compound verb] e)piau/ein is also used. "Worn out by grievous old age, he does not [any longer] sleep on the beach."[2]
Greek Original:*)iauqmoi/: ai( koimh=qrai, para\ to\ i)au/ein. le/getai kai\ e)piau/ein. ou)d' e)piau/ei h)i+o/si mogerw=| gh/rai+ teiro/menos.
Notes:
[1] cf. generally
iota 66. The present nominative plural headword, already in
Hesychius iota98 (who relates it to animals), might be quoted from somewhere in that form but more probably reflects the accusative plural in
Lycophron,
Alexandra 606.
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.192.7-8 (
Archias). Find further extracts from this epigram, a retiring fisherman's dedication, at
beta 365,
gamma 54,
tau 1014, and
phi 192.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 27 March 2006@22:34:08.
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