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Headword:
*tri/twnos
Adler number: tau,1027
Translated headword: of Triton; Triton's
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] of Poseidon, of the sea. "[...] and a deep-lying sponge of sea-roaming Triton, able to heal a wandering stylus [...]."[1]
Greek Original:*tri/twnos: *poseidw=nos, qala/sshs. kai\ buqi/hn *tri/twnos a(lipla/gktoio xameu/nhn spo/ggon, a)kestori/hn plazome/nhs grafi/dos.
Notes:
The headword, genitive case, is presumably extracted from the epigram quoted.
On Triton/triton, elusive in meaning and application, see generally Karim Arafat in OCD(4) s.v.
cf. e.g. under
epsiloniota 45.
[1]
Greek Anthology 6.65.7-8 (Paul the Silentiary), upon retirement a scribe dedicates his writing implements to Hermes. Find further quotes from this epigram at
kappa 1678,
omicron 124, and
chi 60.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 February 2014@07:07:46.
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