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Headword: *kouri/c
Adler number: kappa,2187
Translated headword: by the hair
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] pulling-up of hair.
Greek Original:
*kouri/c: e)kspa=n trixw=n.
Note:
Epic/poetic adverb, cited here from Homer, Odyssey 22.188: "they dragged him in by the hair" (web address 1). The scholia thereto define it more clearly (after Aristarchus) as th=s ko/mhs e)pilabo/menoi "they grabbing the hair".
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; poetry
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 11 February 2009@19:32:19.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (augmented note, added link and keyword, set status) on 11 February 2009@19:49:18.
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks) on 12 February 2009@03:24:32.
David Whitehead on 14 March 2013@04:23:52.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 14 March 2013@17:25:08.
Catharine Roth (supplemented note) on 2 September 2013@21:52:23.
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