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Headword:
Ἀλεξιφάρμακα
Adler number: alpha,1139
Translated headword: charms
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Able to keep off spells.[1]
Menander in
Child [writes]: "Ephesia walks thus around those getting married, speaking charms".[2]
Greek Original:Ἀλεξιφάρμακα: ἀλεξητήρια φαρμάκων. Μένανδρος Παιδίῳ: Ἐφεσία τοῖς γαμοῦσιν οὕτως περιπατεῖ, λέγων ἀλεξιφάρμακα.
Notes:
The headword, neuter plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] cf.
alpha 1137.
[2]
Menander fr.3 71 Kock = 313 Koerte/Thierfelder. The present version of it, however, is garbled: for the Suda's adverb
οὕτως read the pronoun
οὗτος , which becomes the subject of the sentence -- 'this man walks around those getting married, speaking Ephesian charms' (for which see
epsilon 3864).
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 May 2000@11:51:06.
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