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Headword: *(ugih/s
Adler number: upsilon,31
Translated headword: healthy
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[Meaning] someone who is moist [u(grih/s].[1] He who has fluids,[2] and is alive. The dead [sc. are called] corpses [alibantes];[3] from their not having fluid [libas], i.e. moisture.

Greek Original:

*(ugih/s: u(grih/s tis w)/n. o( di/ugros, kai\ zw=n. a)li/bantes oi( nekroi/: para\ to\ mh\ e)/xein liba/da, h)/goun u(grasi/an.

Notes:

[1] cf. Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 11.724, and the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 6.201; also Etymologicum Magnum and Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. u(gih/s, where this false etymological association is attributed to Herodian.
[2] cf. delta 1284.
[3] See alpha 1210; see also kappa 1530 and omicron 413. Again the etymology is dubious.

Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; medicine; science and technology
Translated by: Ioannis Doukas on 29 December 2008@13:14:14.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (cosmetics, keyword, status) on 29 December 2008@17:36:40.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 30 December 2008@04:42:24.
David Whitehead (tweaked notes; more keywords; raised status) on 31 January 2011@08:55:20.
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