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Headword: *lukhqmo/s
Adler number: lambda,804
Translated headword: wolf-howl
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the cry of wolves.
"For the wolf-howl became audible to them, and they leapt up in their turmoil".[1]
"And so the Avars attacked en masse, employing their customary wolf-howl. Such a cry [was] dear to them".[2]
Greek Original:
*lukhqmo/s: h( tw=n lu/kwn boh/. e)ca/koustos ga\r au)toi=s e)ge/neto o( lukhqmo/s, kai\ tw=| tara/xw| a)neph/dhsan. kai\ ou)=n oi( *)/abaroi e)sba/llousin a)qro/ws, xrhsa/menoi tw=| sunh/qei lukhqmw=|. fi/lh de\ au)toi=s h( toia/de w)rugh/.
Notes:
[1] Tentatively attributed by Adler to either Aelian or Iamblichus; now Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr.120 Habrich.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable. (For the Avars see generally under alpha 18.)
Keywords: definition; geography; historiography; military affairs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 July 2005@10:10:53.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 13 July 2005@11:52:58.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr; x-ref) on 14 July 2005@02:45:35.
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