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Headword:
*kni/shs
Adler number: kappa,1877
Translated headword: of savor, of steam
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] of fat, of rising vapor.[1]
"As the steam became distributed and fell upon [him], [he] asked for [some] of the meat."[2]
Greek Original:*kni/shs: li/pous, a)naqumia/sews. th=s de\ kni/shs diadosi/mou genome/nhs kai\ prospesou/shs, h)/|thse tou= kre/ws.
Notes:
[1] Genitive singular of
kni=sa (
kappa 1876). Same or similar glossing in other lexica (see the references at
Photius kappa830 Theodoridis); perhaps extracted from the quotation given here, but more probably from
Homer, where there are 7 instances (one of which,
Iliad 1.66, has 'of fat' in the
scholia).
[2] Quotation unidentifiable.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; food
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 16 December 2008@00:23:44.
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