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Headword:
*palaista/s
Adler number: pi,63
Translated headword: palms; wrestlers
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] spans,[1] or [sc. those engaging] in wrestling.[2]
Greek Original:*palaista/s: spiqama/s, h)\ e)n pa/lh|.
Notes:
The ambiguous headword is accusative plural, evidently quoted from somewhere.
[1] For confusion between the length of a palm and of a span see already at
delta 1434 and
delta 1435. For the (quantifiable) span see also under
gamma 367 (and
sigma 942).
[2] cf. generally
pi 59,
pi 62,
pi 65,
pi 67.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 August 2010@05:47:35.
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