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Headword: *tiqhno/s
Adler number: tau,574
Translated headword: nurturant
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Properly [used] in reference to the woman who nurses and nourishes, but metaphorically the earth is also called "nurturant."
Greek Original:
*tiqhno/s: kuri/ws e)pi\ gunaiko\s th=s tiqhnou/shs kai\ trefou/shs, kata\ metafora\n de\ le/getai kai\ h( gh= tiqhno/s.
Notes:
cf. Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 425.21-23 Hayduck.
For related words see tau 573 and tau 575.
Keywords: children; daily life; definition; food; gender and sexuality; geography; imagery; philosophy; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 24 December 2013@00:50:05.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 24 December 2013@03:00:55.
David Whitehead on 13 January 2014@06:02:40.
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