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Headword:
Aianteios
gelôs
Adler number: alphaiota,8
Translated headword: Ajax's laughter
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Said of someone laughing insanely.[1]
Also "Aiantean house," Ajax's.
Also "Aiantian tribe," Ajax's.[2]
Greek Original:Aianteios gelôs: epi tôn paraphronôs gelôntôn. kai Aianteios oikos, ho tou Aiantos. kai Aiantis phulê, hê tou Aiantos.
Notes:
[1]
Zenobius 1.43,
Diogenianus 1.41, etc.
[2] The tribe (
phyle) Aiantis was one of ten new such entities created in
Athens in the late C6 BC (and named after mythological figures of significance to the community) by the reforms of Kleisthenes. See generally OCD(3) p.1178.
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 21 May 1999@14:38:57.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; cosmetics) on 18 October 2000@07:46:33.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 27 February 2003@09:22:59.
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