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Headword: *fe/rteron
Adler number: phi,232
Translated headword: better
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning something] stronger, or swifter.
Greek Original:
*fe/rteron: krei=tton, h)\ taxu/teron.
Note:
Epic comparative (from the root of the verb fe/rw: phi 227), here in the neuter nominative/accusative singular. Same or similar entries in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.169, where the form occurs.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; military affairs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 12 December 2010@21:25:06.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 13 December 2010@03:13:53.
David Whitehead on 6 December 2013@04:03:53.
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