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Headword:
*spei=os
Adler number: sigma,929
Translated headword: cavern, grotto
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [spei=os means the same as] spe/os, [i.e. a] cave.
Greek Original:*spei=os: spe/os, sph/laion.
Notes:
The headword is an epic/poetic nominative/accusative singular form of the word
spe/os, with the first syllable lengthened for metrical convenience. The entry is probably drawn from commentary to
Homer.
Odyssey 5.194, where this form occurs; cf. ps.-Herodian,
Epimerismi 128.10-11;
Hesychius sigma1444.
For 'cave' see
sigma 940, and the glossing at
sigma 937 and
sigma 938.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 February 2014@04:06:03.
Vetted by:William Hutton (cosmetics, expanded note, added keywords, raised status) on 17 February 2014@10:07:25.
David Whitehead (x-refs; cosmetics) on 18 February 2014@05:14:28.
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