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Headword:
*fa/lagges
Adler number: phi,32
Translated headword: phalanxes
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the ranks [sc. of a terrestrial army],[1] [so called] from their having drawn near [pela/sai a)/gxi] [sc. to each other]. But phalanxes of [war-]ships [are so called] from their pulling [spa=n] into the sea [a(/la].
Greek Original:*fa/lagges: ai( ta/ceis, para\ to\ pela/sai a)/gxi. fa/lagges de\ tw=n new=n, para\ to\ spa=n ei)s a(/la.
Notes:
cf. generally under
phi 34. The (unconvincing) etymologies in the present entry are also in
Etymologicum Magnum 786.54-56.
[1] cf.
phi 35.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 August 2011@07:15:21.
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