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Headword: *tetradistai/
Adler number: tau,389
Translated headword: fourth-day men
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Those living a laborious life, [named] after Heracles, who endured many labours after being born on the fourth day.
Greek Original:
*tetradistai/: oi( e)pi/ponon bi/on dia/gontes. a)po\ tou= *(hrakle/ous, o(\s tetra/di gennhqei\s pollou\s po/nous e)/tlh.
Note:
So already tau 388, and sense 2 in LSJ s.v. But note also sense 1 (attested by Alexis fr. 258 Kock = 260 Kassel-Austin, and logged by Hesychius s.v.), "young men who met to make merry on the fourth of the month".
Keywords: chronology; comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; mythology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 5 November 2006@10:47:04.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 6 November 2006@11:29:30.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 7 November 2006@03:06:12.
David Whitehead on 12 August 2011@09:25:39.
David Whitehead on 2 January 2015@11:48:16.
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