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Headword: Ἑτερόγναθος
Adler number: epsilon,3289
Translated headword: other-jawed
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Disobedient, or insatiable, and eating with both jaws.
Greek Original:
Ἑτερόγναθος: ἀπειθής, ἢ ἄπληστος, καὶ ἀμφοτέραις ταῖς γνάθοις ἐσθίων.
Note:
Similarly glossed by Photius, and in part by Hesychius and other lexica. In its technical sense ('having one side of the mouth harder than the other': LSJ s.v.) the headword is applied to horses by Xenophon and other writers.
Keywords: definition; food; imagery; medicine; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 24 January 2008@00:46:00.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (streamlined headword; augmented notes and keywords) on 24 January 2008@03:41:19.
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