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Headword:
*qanata=n
Adler number: theta,43
Translated headword: to long to die
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [*qanata=n] and [sc. with the same meaning] qanatia=n.[1] "So extreme was what had happened to them that the one longed to kill, the other longed to die."[2]
Interpretation of a dream: having died during sleep [means that] you will be without cares.[3]
Greek Original:*qanata=n kai\ *qanatia=n: ou(/tws a)/gan au)toi=s sumbebh/kei to\n me\n fona=n, to\n de\ qanatia=n. lu/sis o)nei/rou: qanw\n kaq' u(/pnous fronti/dwn e)/sh| di/xa.
Notes:
[1] Desiderative verb, in the present infinitive. See LSJ s.v.
qanata/w and
qanatia/w; cf.
theta 45.
[2]
Iamblichus,
Babyloniaca fr. 88 Habrich.
[3] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to
Astrampsychus (
alpha 4251); quoted again at
kappa 138.
Translated by: Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝ on 5 June 2003@07:25:49.
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