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Headword:
*polusxidh/s
Adler number: pi,2007
Translated headword: much-cloven
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] many-parted.[1] Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'much-cloven animals', [i.e.] human, dog, lion and anything else that happens to produce multiple offspring.[2]
Greek Original:*polusxidh/s: polumerh/s. kai\ *polusxidh= zw=|a, a)/nqrwpos, ku/wn, le/wn kai\ ei)/ ti a)/llo, oi(=s sumbe/bhke polutokei=n.
Notes:
[1] =
Synagoge,
Photius (pi1060 Theodoridis), etc.; and analogously in
Hesychius s.v.
polusxide/s.
[2] Derived from
Aristophanes of
Byzantium,
Epitome of
Aristotle's
History of Animals 1.16.
Aristotle (e.g.
De generatione animalium 771a) notes that most many-toed animals (which is what 'much-cloven' refers to in this case) tend to be polytocous.
Translated by: William Hutton on 7 January 2013@13:26:16.
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