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Headword: Φαεσίμβροτος
Adler number: phi,18
Translated headword: shining on mortals
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
As bringing light to mankind.
Greek Original:
Φαεσίμβροτος: ὡς φέρουσα φῶς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.
Note:
Epic epithet -- here, as the gloss shows, feminine -- for dawn, the sun, etc. The entry comes from a scholion on Homer, Iliad 24.785, where the epithet is applied to dawn (text at web address 1).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 5 November 2001@17:31:06.
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David Whitehead on 6 November 2001@02:38:08.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 7 April 2010@03:27:32.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 8 August 2011@10:50:19.
Catharine Roth (upgraded one link, removed the other) on 8 August 2011@16:51:33.
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