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Headword: *)=wxros
Adler number: omega,289
Translated headword: pallor
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] paleness.[1]
In the Epigrams: "when I saw Melite, pallor took hold of me".[2]
Greek Original:
*)=wxros: w)xri/asis. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: w(s ei)=don *meli/thn, w)=xro/s m' e(/le.
Notes:
cf. omega 288.
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and see also the scholia on homer, Iliad 3.35.
[2] Greek Anthology 5.242.1 (Eratosthenes Scholasticus), the sense of the poet's subsequent suggestive metaphors is not lost on Melite.
Keywords: definition; epic; gender and sexuality; imagery; medicine; poetry; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 23 May 2007@06:57:22.
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Catharine Roth (cosmeticules, status) on 23 May 2007@11:13:36.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword) on 4 November 2013@06:09:54.
Ronald Allen (augmented n.2) on 6 August 2023@10:55:27.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added keyword) on 1 September 2023@22:52:26.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 10 October 2023@01:26:12.
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