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Headword:
*kirro/n
Adler number: kappa,1665
Translated headword: orange, orange-colored
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] reddish.[1]
"And the orange-colored wine digests easily, as it is has a drying quality."[2]
Greek Original:*kirro/n: purro/n. kai\ o( kirro\s oi)=nos pe/ttei r(a=|on, chrantiko\s w)/n.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at
Photius kappa743 Theodoridis (which adds: 'the blood of a living creature'). The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective.
[2] An approximation of
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 1.32D (1.59 Kaibel). According to Galen, this kind of wine has a warming quality, useful for those who are chilled but harmful to those with fevers.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 26 November 2008@00:57:31.
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