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Headword: ᾜκει
Adler number: eta,169
Translated headword: was like
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Instead of ἐῴκει , [meaning] was made similar.[1] "It is called a quail, for indeed it was like a quail."[2] From εἴκω ["I liken"], I make [something] similar.[3]
Greek Original:
ᾜκει: ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐῴκει, ὡμοίωτο. ὄρτυξ καλεῖται, καὶ γὰρ ᾔκει ὄρτυγι. ἀπὸ τοῦ εἴκω, τὸ ὁμοιῶ.
Notes:
[1] Contracted pluperfect of ἔοικα , third person singular.
[2] Aristophanes, Birds 1298 (web address 1).
[3] cf. epsiloniota 91, epsiloniota 92.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 20 July 2006@18:40:44.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmeticules) on 21 July 2006@03:52:48.
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