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Headword: Ἀχέτας
Adler number: alpha,4689
Translated headword: shrill
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Not a type of cicada, but an epithet of a cicada, just like ἀκανθίας .[1] [sc. So called] from singing [ηχεῖν ] in thorn-bushes [ἀκάνθαις ].
Greek Original:
Ἀχέτας: οὐκ εἶδος τέττιγος, ἀλλ' ἐπίθετον τέττιγος, ὥσπερ ὁ ἀκανθίας. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἠχεῖν ἐν ἀκάνθαις.
Note:
[1] From alpha 798.
Keywords: botany; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 June 2001@21:41:21.
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David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 6 June 2001@04:57:03.
David Whitehead (restorative and other cosmetics) on 29 August 2002@04:14:43.
David Whitehead (betacode and other cosmetics) on 9 May 2012@07:16:23.
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