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Headword: *(rua/des a)/mpeloi
Adler number: rho,279
Translated headword: withered vines
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the ones called yina/des.[1]
Or rather those which are disappearing [e)kre/ousai],[2] those which are weakening.
Greek Original:
*(rua/des a)/mpeloi: ai( lego/menai yina/des. h)/goun ai( e)kre/ousai, ai( e)casqenou=sai.
Notes:
(Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss AF, and placed later in V.)
[1] cf. psi 109.
[2] Beyond the etymological jingle, this comment seems to be using the verb e)re/w, literally 'flow out', in the figurative sense noted in LSJ s.v. 3.
Keywords: botany; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; imagery
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 January 2010@10:23:21.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (tweak, keyword, status) on 27 January 2010@00:42:50.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr; another note) on 27 January 2010@03:02:16.
David Whitehead on 30 October 2013@04:48:10.
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