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Headword:
*na/nos
Adler number: nu,26
Translated headword: dwarf
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Used] in reference to small [people], in Neoclides and
Aristotle. And
Theophrastus [writes]: "as [being] a dwarf and having large genitals." For dwarves have large genitals.[1]
Stunted human beings are called
na/nnoi. Also
nannofuei=s ["short in stature"]. But stunted horses are called
i)nnoi.[2]
Most later [people] write this [word]
gi/nnoi. The expression seems to be derived from being deprived of the upper parts [
to a)/nw], for properly speaking dwarf creatures stoop down, like infants, who also have larger upper parts.[3]
*na/nos: e)pi\ tw=n mikrw=n, para\ *neoklei/dh| kai\ *)aristote/lei. kai\ o( *qeo/frastos: w(s na/non kai\ ai)doi=on e)/xonta me/ga. oi( gou=n na/noi me/ga ai)doi=on e)/xousi. *na/nnoi le/gontai oi( koloboi\ tw=n a)nqrw/pwn. kai\ nannofuei=s. oi( de\ koloboi\ tw=n i(/ppwn i)nnoi/. oi( plei/ous tw=n u(/steron gi/nnous tou/tous gra/fousi. dokei= para\ to\ e)sterh=sqai tou= a)/nw ei)rh=sqai h( le/cis: kataku/ptei ga\r ta\ kuri/ws na/na, kaqa\ kai\ ta\ bre/fh, w(=n kai\ mei/zw ta\ a)/nw.
Notes:
The better spelling of the headword seems to be
na/nos (or
na=nos with circumflex accent), but the spelling with double
nu (
na/nnos) is common in manuscripts.
[1] Likewise in
Photius nu18 Theodoridis (more briefly already in
Hesychius nu62), and see also
Apostolius 11.97. 'Neoclides' is perhaps the Athenian philosopher (C5/4 BCE) of that name, though Theodoridis suspects a textual problem. The
Aristotle passage is
History of Animals 577b27, and the
Theophrastus one is fr. 339 Fortenbaugh.
[2] cf. scholion on
Aristophanes,
Peace 790 (where
nanofuei=s appears); see also
iota 385,
kappa 396,
sigma 1762.
[3] cf. Orion [
Author,
Myth] 108.18;
Etymologicum Magnum 597.27.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 10 February 2006@23:10:46.
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