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Headword: Νᾶμα
Adler number: nu,23
Translated headword: flow
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Drinking water.
"A place irrigated by flowing waters".[1]
Greek Original:
Νᾶμα: ὕδωρ ποτόν. τόπος κατάρρυτος ναματιαίοις ὕδασι.
Notes:
On the (mainly poetic) headword see generally LSJ s.v.; and see also upsilon 40.
[1] Evidently a quotation; perhaps an approximation of Timaeus FGrH 566 F164 (in Diodorus Siculus 5.19.3) on Sicily, κατάρρυτος ... ναματιαίοις καὶ γλυκέσιν ὕδασι .
Keywords: definition; food; geography; historiography; poetry
Translated by: David Whitehead on 5 September 2008@03:51:25.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (typo, status) on 6 September 2008@00:42:24.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 7 September 2008@05:20:33.
Elizabeth Vandiver (raised status) on 24 August 2011@16:00:22.
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