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Headword: Ἐριώλη
Adler number: epsilon,2999
Translated headword: hurricane
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A violent blast, or a storm of wind or of fire, and the storm of the vaporization, before the air has been fired-up. Also, thus, the great blast.
Greek Original:
Ἐριώλη: πνοὴ σφοδρά, ἢ ἀνέμου συστροφὴ ἢ πυρός, καὶ ἡ τῆς ἀναθυμιάσεως συστροφή, πρὶν ἐκπυρωθῆναι τὸν ἀέρα. καὶ ἡ μεγάλη δὲ πνοὴ οὕτως.
Notes:
From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 511, where the headword is figuratively applied to Kleon (kappa 1731).
cf. tau 1228.
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Translated by: David Whitehead on 25 April 2007@06:54:22.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 25 April 2007@10:57:36.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 26 April 2007@03:21:54.
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