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Headword:
Ξουθόν
Adler number: xi,81
Translated headword: vibrant; tawny
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Light, dry, silvery, blond, beautiful, dense, sharp, swift; but some [take it as] mottled, attractive, translucent.[1]
"Just like a tawny gryphon shaking its crests." [2]
Greek Original:Ξουθόν: λεπτόν, καπυρόν, ἀργυροῦν, ξανθόν, καλόν, πυκνόν, ὀξύ, ταχύ: οἱ δὲ ποικίλον, εὐειδές, διαυγές. ὥσπερ ξουθὸς ἱππαλεκτρυὼν τοὺς λόφους σείων.
Notes:
[1] Adjective of uncertain meaning (see already
xi 79,
xi 80), here in the neuter nominative/accusative singular, evidently quoted from somewhere.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Peace 1177-1178 (text at web address 1), on an ostentatious but cowardly taxiarch. On the 'gryphon' -- literally, horse-cockerel -- cf.
iota 516.
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Keywords: clothing; comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; military affairs; tragedy; zoology
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica † on 18 February 2000@08:25:35.
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