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Headword:
*)/ofis
Adler number: omicron,1007
Translated headword: serpent
Vetting Status: high
Translation: From the [noun] i)o/s ["venom"], in a transposition [becoming] o)/i+s ["sheep"]; and with addition of phi, o)/fis.[1]
See under 'argolai'.[2]
Greek Original:*)/ofis: a)po\ tou= i)o/s, o)/i+s e)n u(perqe/sei: kai\ pleonasmw=| tou= f o)/fis. zh/tei e)n tw=| *)argo/lai.
Notes:
[1] This fanciful etymology appears also in
Etymologicum Magnum 644.7.
[2]
alpha 3781.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 30 May 2010@01:31:50.
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