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Headword: *feidalfi/tws
Adler number: phi,243
Translated headword: frugally, thriftily
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. An adverb formed] out of the [noun] alphiton ["barley"]. That is sparingly of the alphita ["barley-meal"].
Greek Original:
*feidalfi/tws: e)k tou= a)/lfiton. o(/ e)sti pefeisme/nws tw=n a)lfi/twn.
Notes:
Attested only in grammars and lexica. (Untranslatable into English, except by changing the foodstuff, e.g. cheese-paringly.)
For the cognate verb see Comica adespota fr. 1187 Kock, now 684 K.-A.
cf. generally alpha 1451, alpha 1452, alpha 1453, alpha 1454, alpha 1455, alpha 1456.
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; food
Translated by: David Whitehead on 8 December 2010@10:56:32.
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Elizabeth Vandiver (Translation tweak; set status) on 8 December 2010@14:30:11.
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