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Headword: Ῥαιβός
Adler number: rho,72
Translated headword: crooked
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Twisted.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] crooked-headed staff. In the Epigrams: "and the crooked-headed well-pointed staff".[2] Also [sc. attested is] crooked-limbed, [describing] a crab.[3]
Blaisos and rhaibos are different: the one [means someone] twisted in the feet from the knees down, the other [is someone twisted] in the shins themselves.[4]
Greek Original:
Ῥαιβός: διεστραμμένος. καὶ Ῥαιβόκρανος κορύνη. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: καὶ τὰν ῥαιβόκρανον ἐϋστόρθυγγα κορύναν. καὶ Ῥαιβοσκελής, ὁ πάγουρος. διαφέρει βλαισὸς καὶ ῥαιβός: ὁ μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν γονάτων διεστραμμένος τοὺς πόδας, ὁ δὲ αὐτὰς τὰς κνήμας.
Notes:
[1] See again below; and cf. Etym.Magn. 701.9 [Adler wrongly has 700.9].
[2] Greek Anthology 6.35.3.
[3] Greek Anthology 6.196.1.
[4] From beta 327.
Keywords: definition; medicine; poetry; trade and manufacture; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 16 September 2010@06:08:07.
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Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 16 September 2010@11:24:22.
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