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Headword: Ὠκυτόκιον Τηλέφου
Adler number: omega,61
Translated headword: Telephus' okytokion, Telephus' quick-reference
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

This is a book worth possessing, for [sc. those who wish to have] an ample supply of expressions, and agreeable.

Greek Original:

Ὠκυτόκιον Τηλέφου: τοῦτο δέ ἐστι βιβλίον ἄξιον κτήσεως πρὸς εὐπορίαν φράσεως καὶ ἐράσμιον.

Note:

For the Stoic grammarian Telephus of Pergamum (C2 CE) see generally tau 495. As stated there, his Okytokion (in ten volumes) was a lexicon of adjectives; it was evidently intended for the convenience of writers and orators.

References:

C. Wendel, RE 9 A cols.369ff.
OCD(3) 1480

Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; philosophy; rhetoric
Translated by: Edward Dandrow on 9 June 2000@22:39:52.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (supplied translation; rearranged notes and bibliography) on 1 January 2001@10:53:40.
David Whitehead (restorative cosmetics) on 16 June 2004@08:56:47.
Catharine Roth (cosmeticule) on 4 July 2007@23:26:44.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 8 August 2011@07:14:09.

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