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Headword:
Ἄγχαυρος
Adler number: alpha,390
Translated headword: near-morning
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Frosty daybreak, [sc. so called] from having fresh air [
aura] near.[1]
Homer [writes]: "a cold morning [wind] blows just before dawn".[2]
Ἄγχαυρος: ὁ παχνώδης ὄρθρος, παρὰ τὸ πλησίον ἔχειν τὴν αὔραν. Ὅμηρος: αὔρη δὲ ψυχρὴ πνέει ἠῶθι πρό.
Notes:
[1] For the 'near' part of this suggestion derivation, cf.
alpha 391,
alpha 394. LSJ s.v., however, derive it from
aurion, "morning". The adjective
ἄγχαυρος occurs (of "night") in Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.111.
[2]
Homer,
Odyssey 5.469.
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 27 March 1999@18:10:32.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; added note and keywords) on 17 July 2001@09:57:28.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 29 April 2002@10:29:10.
David Whitehead (expanded n.1; tweaks) on 9 January 2012@05:17:13.
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