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Headword:
*krh/nh
Adler number: kappa,2393
Translated headword: spring
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a fountain. kara ["head"], [gives] karene, [whence] krene. For [it is] a head of the stream or a nymph [kore] of the spring; for they call these [nymphs] daughters.
Greek Original:*krh/nh: h( phgh/. ka/ra, karh/nh, krh/nh. korufh\ ga\r tou= r(eu/matos h)\ ko/rh tou= na/matos: kai\ ga\r qugate/ras au)ta/s fasi.
Notes:
Two etymologies (paralleled in other lexica) for
krh/nh: from
ka/ra "head" or from
ko/rh "maiden, daughter, nymph." LSJ entry at web address 1.
cf.
nu 588 to
nu 595.
Reference:
OCD(4) s.v. nymphs
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; mythology; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 30 January 2001@01:07:47.
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