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Headword: *plwth\ nh=sos
Adler number: pi,1809
Translated headword: floating island
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
One which is afloat.
Greek Original:
*plwth\ nh=sos: h( pleome/nh.
Notes:
The headword phrase is most famously used of Aeolus' island in Homer, Odyssey 10.3 (dative case, web address 1); but see also Herodotus 2.156 for one in Egypt (web address 2).
For the adjective cf. pi 1812.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; geography; historiography; mythology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 3 March 2010@08:46:11.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added links, set status) on 22 April 2010@00:53:24.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 22 April 2010@03:17:19.
Catharine Roth (raised status) on 3 May 2011@11:18:07.
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