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Headword:
*su/mbolon
Adler number: sigma,1376
Translated headword: token
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] bird-portent, sign, oracular statement.[1] It is also called
su/mbolos in the masculine [gender].
"The councillor was lesser than
Melampus and Polles. For these men were knowledgeable in oracular matters."[2]
*su/mbolon: oi)w/nisma, shmei=on, ma/nteuma. le/getai de\ kai\ a)rsenikw=s o( su/mbolos. o( su/mbolos de\ *mela/mpodos h)\ *po/llhtos e)de/eto. ou(=toi ga\r h)=san mantikw=n ei)dh/mones.
Notes:
For this multi-sense headword see also
sigma 1375 and
sigma 1377 (singular),
sigma 1372 and
sigma 1373 (plural).
[1] cf. generally
xi 105.
[2] See under
mu 448 (and the note there). It is unclear whether 'For these men...' is part of the original quotation or a free-standing comment on it.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 26 May 2014@04:27:36.
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