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Headword: *(uyo/rofos
Adler number: upsilon,766
Translated headword: high-roofed
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[Meaning one] having a lofty roof.

Greek Original:

*(uyo/rofos: o( u(yhlo\n o)/rofon e)/xwn.

Note:

cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 24.192. This adjective usually refers to houses (estates or palaces). Mostly Homeric, but imitated by Apollonius Rhodius, and also used by Plutarch to refer to the decks of the ships in Xerxes' fleet (where it might be translated "having a lofty covering"). See frequency statistics at web address 1.

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Keywords: architecture; definition; epic; military affairs; poetry; science and technology
Translated by: Patrick T. Rourke on 27 October 2003@19:35:17.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 28 October 2003@03:22:37.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 3 December 2013@05:20:09.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 1 January 2023@16:44:22.

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