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Headword:
*skiamaxw=
Adler number: sigma,598
Translated headword: I am shadow-fighting
Vetting Status: high
Translation: In reference to the impossible. I am fighting a shadow.
Greek Original:*skiamaxw=: e)pi\ tw=n a)duna/twn. th=| skia=| ma/xomai.
Note:
For this verb see also under
alpha 3372,
gamma 281,
chi 256. The present entry is tentatively classified by Adler as a proverb (presumably because of the first gloss), but there is nothing of relevance in the paroemiographers.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 18 December 2002@05:46:38.
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