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Headword: Ἀπεκτήτου
Adler number: alpha,2999
Translated headword: uncombed
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Unkempt. In the Epigrams: "gold does not have the glory of your uncombed hair."[1]
Greek Original:
Ἀπεκτήτου: ἀκτενίστου. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: οὐδὲ κομίζει χρυσὸς ἀπεκτήτου σῆς τριχὸς ἀγλαί̈ην.
Notes:
The headword adjective, genitive singular, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] Greek Anthology 5.270.3-4.
Keywords: clothing; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; poetry
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 December 2000@21:09:08.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead on 7 May 2002@09:14:53.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords) on 26 March 2012@07:08:20.
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