Νῶτος

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Translated by Robert Leigh28 Oct 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

Translation

[Meaning] the loins of a human being.1
There is a saying: "to carry off the majority of the Avars into their backs".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νῶτος· ἡ ψοία τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. τὸ δὴ λεγόμενον, τὸ πλῆθος τῶν Ἀβάρων εἰς τὰ νῶτα περισύρεσθαι.

Betacode
*nw=tos: h( yoi/a tou= a)nqrw/pou. to\ dh\ lego/menon, to\ plh=qos tw=n *)aba/rwn ei)s ta\ nw=ta perisu/resqai.  

Notes (2)

  1. 1Same glossing in the Ambrosian Lexicon (according to Adler), and cf. ps.-Zonaras nu1411. ↩
  2. 2For the Avars see under alpha 18. (Note, however, that ms V here reads not *)Aba/rwn but barba/rwn.) The meaning of the 'saying', not otherwise attested, is unclear. The headword exists in two forms, nw=tos masculine and nw=ton neuter. Here the headword is in the masculine form but the word in the saying is neuter plural; this may be further evidence that the passage is corrupt. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Dec 2020
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. coding — David Whitehead
  3. tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Robert Leigh

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