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Headword: Ἀνάκειται σκώμμασιν
Adler number: alpha,1899
Translated headword: it is reserved for jests
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[It is reserved for jests], it is reserved for abuses, it is reserved for fornicators, dicing tables, symposia: [the idiom] means, in effect, strongly attached [to something].
Greek Original:
Ἀνάκειται σκώμμασιν, ἀνάκειται λοιδορίαις, ἀνάκειται πόρνοις, κύβοις, συμποσίοις: σημαίνει δὲ τὸ οἷον πρόσκειται ἰσχυρῶς.
Note:
Same entry in Photius ( = Phrynichus Arabius, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 180 de Borries). See generally LSJ s.v. ἀνάκειμαι , II.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 28 March 2001@06:52:15.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note; cosmetics) on 29 July 2002@06:59:13.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 23 February 2012@06:45:45.
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