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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.
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