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Headword: Ὑγιέστερος
Adler number: upsilon,28
Translated headword: sounder, healthier
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
As in “sounder than Croton”; for many of the people of Croton [were] athletes.[1]
And sounder than a gourd.[2]
Greek Original:
Ὑγιέστερος: ὥσπερ καὶ ὑγιέστερος Κρότωνος: πολλοὶ γὰρ Κροτωνιᾶται ἀσκηταί. καὶ ὑγιέστερος κολοκύντης.
Notes:
Comparative of ὑγιής (upsilon 27, upsilon 31), masculine nominative singular.
[1] Different interpretations of the proverb occur in upsilon 29 and kappa 2482, q.v. For this interpretation, see Strabo 6.1.12.31 ff., Aelius Dionysius s.v. ὑγιέστερος ὄμφακος and Eustathius, Comm. ad D.P. 369.18-32.
[2] Comica adespota 910-911 Kock; also under kappa 1945. Cf. Sophron fr. 34 Kaibel.
Keywords: athletics; comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; proverbs
Translated by: Ioannis N. Doukas on 28 December 2008@12:55:39.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 29 December 2008@04:30:18.
Catharine Roth (added a note and a keyword, raised status) on 30 January 2011@01:35:04.
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