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Headword: *nh\ to\n
Adler number: nu,350
Translated headword: by the ...
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[nh\ to\n] and nai\ ma\ to/n: these [are expressions used in] affirmative oaths; but ma\ to\n *dia [and] ou) ma\ to/n [are used in] negative oaths. So [it is] the extreme of incorrectness to say, ma\ to\n *di/a poi/hson ["by Zeus, do [this]"].
Greek Original:
*nh\ to\n kai\ *nai\ ma\ to/n: katwmotika\ tau=ta: a)pwmotika\ de\ ma\ to\n *di/', ou) ma\ to/n. w(/ste e)sxa/th a)kurologi/a to\ le/gein, ma\ to\n *di/a poi/hson.
Notes:
Likewise in Photius (nu209 Theodoridis), from Aelius Dionysius nu12.
On ma/ and nh/ see mu 1, mu 12, mu 31, nu 348, nu 349, and Smyth ยง2894 (web address 1).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 December 2003@00:25:47.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 3 December 2003@03:08:23.
David Whitehead (another note; tweaking) on 9 June 2013@06:33:39.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 9 June 2013@18:49:01.
Catharine Roth (cosmeticules) on 15 August 2019@19:57:40.
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