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Headword: Ἔπταρον
Adler number: epsilon,2869
Translated headword: I sneezed
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

I felt [something]. For a sneeze [is] a sensation of the head. Since those touching their nostril with a light twig sneeze.

Greek Original:

Ἔπταρον: ᾐσθόμην. πταρμὸς γὰρ κεφαλῆς αἴσθησις. ἐπεὶ οἱ θιγόντες τοῦ μυκτῆρος λεπτῷ κάρφει πτάρνυνται.

Note:

Aristophanes, Frogs 647 with scholion; cf. pi 3004 (and, for nostrils and sneezes, mu 1085).

Associated internet address:
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Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; medicine
Translated by: David Whitehead on 23 December 2007@06:17:19.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 23 December 2007@17:26:00.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 24 December 2007@04:06:29.

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