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Headword: *sfh/n
Adler number: sigma,1739
Translated headword: wedge
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sfh/n, genitive] sfhno/s: the [word that means a] little wedge.[1]
Greek Original:
*sfh/n, sfhno/s: to\ sfhna/rion.
Notes:
Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; the genitive form of the headword appears along with the same gloss in ps.-Herodian, Epimerismi 129.
Wedges are mentioned in the Suda at gamma 376, epsilon 1145, epsilon 2978, theta 543, mu 1066, tau 209.
[1] The word used for the gloss here, sfhna/rion (cf. e.g. Hesychius gamma810), represents a tendency in later Greek to add diminutive suffixes to common nouns without necessarily implying a real difference in size.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 February 2014@03:36:18.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added cross-references, set status) on 7 February 2014@13:46:58.
Catharine Roth (another cross-reference) on 7 February 2014@13:50:32.
William Hutton (augmented notes, raised status) on 8 February 2014@08:48:44.
David Whitehead (expanded a note; cosmetics) on 9 February 2014@03:31:36.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 19 January 2015@16:46:26.

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