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Headword: Κνέφας
Adler number: kappa,1859
Translated headword: twilight, darkness
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Dark, night.
It is declined knephatos [in the genitive].[1]
"Dismissing the officers, he mobilised his vanguard, just after dusk".[2]
Greek Original:
Κνέφας: σκότος, νύξ. κλίνεται δὲ κνέφατος. ὁ δὲ διαφεὶς τοὺς ἡγεμόνας ἐκίνει τὴν πρωτοπορίαν, κνέφατος ἄρτι γενομένου.
Notes:
See also kappa 1860, kappa 1861.
[1] The only attested instance of a κνεφατ- stem is in the cited instance; the normal genitive is κνέφους .
[2] Polybius 8.26.10, referring to Hannibal; cf. delta 822.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 16 December 2008@09:24:48.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 16 December 2008@18:56:14.
David Whitehead (x-refs; keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 17 December 2008@03:16:43.
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