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Headword: Κάρρων
Adler number: kappa,409
Translated headword: greater, stronger, better
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Doric for κρείττων .[1] Also καρρόθεν , [meaning] from what is better.
For Damaskios says about Isidore: "I supposed that he had cried out as he came to birth, 'I came hither from [somewhere] better.'"[2]
Greek Original:
Κάρρων: Δωριστὶ ὁ κρείττων. καὶ Καρρόθεν, ἀπὸ τοῦ κρείττονος. Δαμάσκιος γὰρ λέγει περὶ Ἰσιδώρου: ᾤμην αὐτὸν κεκραγέναι καταβάντα εἰς γένεσιν, ἐγὼ δὲ καρρόθεν ἐνθάδε ἀφικόμην.
Notes:
cf. already kappa 405.
[1] Used by Doric-dialect poets, see LSJ s.v.
[2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.5 Zintzen (8 Asmus, 5C Athanassiadi).
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; philosophy; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 28 November 2005@00:53:13.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (x-ref; another keyword; cosmetics) on 28 November 2005@03:29:43.
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