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Headword:
*sfedanw=n
Adler number: sigma,1723
Translated headword: vehement, violent
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] solid, strong. "[...] and rolling his eye[s] he roared mightily from vehement jaws."[1]
Greek Original:*sfedanw=n: sterrw=n, i)sxurw=n. o)/mma d' e(li/cas bruxa=to sfedanw=n o)/brimon e)k genu/wn.
Notes:
The headword, genitive plural of the epic/poetic adjective
sfedano/s, is presumably extracted from the epigram quoted.
[1]
Greek Anthology 6.219.11-12 (of a lion). See further extracts from this epigram (attributed to Antipater of Sidon) at
alpha 1510,
alpha 1828,
alpha 4172,
epsilon 747,
zeta 19,
kappa 2544,
lambda 869, and
sigma 299; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 33) and (vol. II, 84-86).
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; imagery; poetry; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 June 2014@04:55:41.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (coding, status) on 9 June 2014@09:41:55.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 9 June 2014@09:50:32.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references) on 5 August 2021@12:32:53.
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