Χειρῶν νόμῳ
at close quarters
Translated by Jennifer Benedict28 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"He receives the letter at close quarters."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χειρῶν νόμῳ· ὁ δὲ χειρῶν νόμῳ δέχεται τὴν ἐπιστολήν.
Betacode
*xeirw=n no/mw|: o( de\ xeirw=n no/mw| de/xetai th\n e)pistolh/n.
Notes (1)
- The idiom illustrated here -- literally, "by the custom of hands" -- is well-attested: see see LSJ s.v.
no/mos , A.I.1.e (web address 1 below) and again s.v.xei/r , A.II.6.d. - 1Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 11 Jan 2016
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified headword, tr, notes; more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict