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Headword: Ὀδάξ
Adler number: omicron,28
Translated headword: by biting
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
As being bitten with the teeth.[1]
"'Hey, Diogenes, tell us, what fate took you to Hades?' 'A dog's bite took me.'"[2]
Greek Original:
Ὀδάξ: τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν ἐνδεδηχότως. Διόγενες, ἄγε, λέγε, τίς ἔλαβέ σε μόρος ἐς ἄϊδος; ἔλαβέ με κυνὸς ἄγριον ὀδάξ.
Notes:
[1] Epic adverb, similarly glossed in other lexica and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.418 (where it occurs).
[2] Diogenes Laertius 6.79 = Greek Anthology 7.116. See also alpha 180, delta 1141. Here ὀδάξ seems to be used as a noun.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; imagery; philosophy; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 July 2009@23:03:57.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 5 July 2009@04:14:31.


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