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Headword:
*ku/stin
Adler number: kappa,2785
Translated headword: bladder
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] urethra, pubes, underbelly.[1]
The abdomen, the sac. It is called 'sac' [fu=sa] from the fact that it experiences growth [fu-].[2]
Greek Original:*ku/stin: ou)rh/qran, e)fh/bion, u(poga/strion. th\n koili/an, th\n fu=san. ei)/rhtai de\ fu=sa a)po\ tou= pa/sxein pefuke/nai.
Notes:
The headword is accusative singular, evidently quoted from somewhere; very probably
Homer or
Aristophanes (see below).
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and various
scholia; see the references at
Photius kappa1265 Theodoridis.
[2] From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Clouds 405. See also the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 5.67.
Translated by: William Hutton on 6 March 2008@20:19:12.
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