Ἀνόδοντον

toothless

Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Jul 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

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In Corianders Pherecrates [writes]: "an old man grinds toothless."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀνόδοντον· Κοριάννοις Φερεκράτης· ἀνὴρ γέρων ἀνόδοντος ἀλήθει.

Betacode

*)ano/donton: *koria/nnois *ferekra/ths: a)nh\r ge/rwn a)no/dontos a)lh/qei.

Same entry in Photius and elsewhere. Oddly, the adjective in question is nominative in the quotation (below) but accusative as the headword itself.
1Pherecrates fr. 74 Kock, now 79 K.-A. ↩

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