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Headword: Ὄϊν
Adler number: omicron,95
Translated headword: Ewe, ram
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Sheep.[1] "The ewe, O Demeter who-presides-over-the-furrows, and the hornless calf [Krethon sacrifices to you]." In the Epigrams.[2]
Greek Original:
Ὄϊν: πρόβατον. τὰν ὄϊν, ὦ Δάματερ ἐπόγμιε, τάν τ' ἀκέρωτον μόσχον. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι.
Notes:
[1] Accusative singular of the i-stem noun ὄϊς , οῖς , earlier ὄfις : see Smyth section 274 and 274D (web address 1) and LSJ s.v. (web address 2). The noun is cognate with Latin ovis and English "ewe." Cf. omicron 90, omicron 98, omicron 100, omicroniota 103, omicroniota 168.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.258.1-2 (Addaios), quoted already at omicron 26.
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Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry; religion; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 27 April 2002@16:05:07.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (corrected ref; cosmetics) on 29 April 2002@03:21:55.
Catharine Roth (cosmetic) on 11 January 2004@00:32:33.
Catharine Roth (added cross-references) on 9 March 2004@01:20:15.
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