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Headword: Ψῶσαν
Adler number: psi,139
Translated headword: stroking
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Her] caressing.[1] Herodotus [sc uses the word].[2]
Greek Original:
Ψῶσαν: θάλπουσαν. Ἡρόδοτος.
Notes:
[1] Present participle, feminine accusative singular, of ψάω , glossed with the corresponding participle of θάλπω (theta 27). Compare Hesychius s.v. ψῶσαι : θάλψαι .
[2] Herodotus 6.61.5 (which actually has the compound καταψῶσαν : web address 1), of a Spartan nurse and the child in her care.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: children; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 26 November 2001@06:42:08.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead on 6 September 2002@06:25:52.
Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 15 June 2004@00:08:48.
David Whitehead (expanded n.2; more keywords; tweak) on 23 April 2010@05:43:55.
David Whitehead (expanded n.1) on 5 August 2011@06:27:05.
Catharine Roth (fixed link) on 19 September 2011@21:55:01.
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