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Headword: Iauthmoi
Adler number: iota,68
Translated headword: sleeping-places
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Places for sleeping, from [the verb] ἰαύειν ["to sleep"].[1]
[The compound] ἐπιαύειν is also used. "Worn out by grievous old age, he does not [any longer] sleep on the beach."[2]
Greek Original:
Iauthmoi: hai koimêthrai, para to iauein. legetai kai epiauein. oud' epiauei êïosi mogerôi gêraï teiromenos.
Notes:
[1] cf. generally iota 66. The present plural headword, also in Hesychius, is evidently quoted from somewhere.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.192.7-8.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 27 March 2006@22:34:08.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented n.1) on 28 March 2006@02:08:40.

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