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Headword:
*fu/samos
Adler number: phi,856
Translated headword: physamos, physamus, puffer-fish
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A kind of maritime whale.
Greek Original:*fu/samos: ei)=dos kh/tous qalassi/ou.
Note:
So already under
kappa 1555. But see LSJ s.v.
fu/salos [sic], III, citing mentions of the word in that form in
Oppian and
Aelian. Also, Küster noted the mention of
fu/saloi by
Eustathius,
Commentary on the Iliad 4.207 van der Valk.
Keywords: definition; poetry; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 2 November 2010@08:31:47.
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