Κληΐσαι

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Translated by Catharine Roth1 Dec 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

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The ancients say klhi+/sai, not klei=sai;¹ and [the accusative] klhi+/da thus.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κληΐσαι οἱ ἀρχαῖοι λέγουσιν, οὐ κλεῖσαι. καὶ κληΐδα οὕτως.

Betacode

*klhi/+sai oi( a)rxai=oi le/gousin, ou) klei=sai. kai\ klhi/+da ou(/tws.

Abbreviated from Photius, Lexicon kappa762 Theodoridis, which subsumes the Suda's kappa 1772 (q.v.). For the noun klei/s "bolt, bar", see also kappa 1755; for the verb klhi+/w or klei/w "shut", see kappa 1753, kappa 1760.