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Headword: Δόλιχος
Adler number: delta,1339
Translated headword: calavance; the long course
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A pulse;[1] also the name of the course, with accent on the first syllable. But the adjective δολιχός , [meaning] long, has its accent on the last syllable.
The long course [is] 20 stadia.[2]
Greek Original:
Δόλιχος: τὸ ὄσπριον: καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ δρόμου, προπαροξυτόνως. δολιχὸς δὲ τὸ ἐπίθετον, ὁ μακρός, ὀξυτόνως. ἔστι δὲ ὁ δόλιχος κ# στάδια.
Notes:
[1] Vigna sinensis; Theophrastus, History of Plants 8.3.2.
[2] From the scholia to Sophocles, Electra 684, where δρόμον occurs. Cf. delta 807, delta 1336, sigma 981.
Keywords: athletics; botany; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 14 March 2005@14:51:36.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 15 March 2005@10:29:53.
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