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Headword:
*katomnu/s
Adler number: kappa,1084
Translated headword: having sworn
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning someone] affirming, hindering.[1] "He was also adding an oath, swearing by my head, which he loved very much."[2]
Greek Original:*katomnu/s: bebaiw=n, e)mpedw=n. proseti/qei de\ kai\ o(/rkon, th=s e)mh=s katomnu\s kefalh=s, h(\n polla\ e)fi/lei.
Notes:
[1] The headword (presumably extracted from the quotation given) is aorist participle of
kato/mnumi (cf.
kappa 1085), masculine nominative singular.
[2] Source (and individual) unidentifiable. The idiom of swearing by something or someone in the genitive case, as opposed to the accusative, is striking enough to be noted by LSJ s.v.
kato/mnumi.
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Translated by: Catharine Roth on 9 September 2008@00:26:47.
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