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Headword: *krhsfu/geta
Adler number: kappa,2403
Translated headword: places of refuge
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] narrow places [sc. providing shelter] against storms, and strongholds, and a place of refuge. Some say that the Cretans ruling the sea along with King Minos[1] fled from the islanders into certain caves. Hence those places were called *krhsfu/geta ("Cretan refuges").
Greek Original:
*krhsfu/geta: ta\ pro\s tou\s xeimw=nas stena/, kai\ o)xurw/mata, kai\ katafugh/. oi( de/ fasin, o(/ti *krhtaiei=s tou\s nhsiw/tas a(/ma *mi/nw| tw=| basilei= qalassokratou=ntes e)/fugon ei)s sph/laia/ tina. o(/qen e)kei=na w)noma/sqhsan krhsfu/geta.
Notes:
The word occurs first in Herodotus 5.124.2 (web address 1), and the present entry derives from glosses both there and elsewhere (Lucian, 236.27 Rabe). See LSJ s.v. (web address 2).
[1] See mu 1092.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: aetiology; biography; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; history; military affairs; mythology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 23 January 2001@21:45:32.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes; added keywords) on 25 May 2001@08:54:22.
Catharine Roth (rearranged note) on 25 May 2001@19:05:21.
David Whitehead (another keyword; restorative cosmetics) on 11 July 2004@09:56:49.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 17 March 2013@09:45:58.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 18 March 2013@14:50:15.
Catharine Roth (reordered links, cosmeticule) on 3 February 2020@00:58:52.
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