Πριόνωτοι

saw-like, serrated

Translated by David Whitehead11 Mar 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words

Translation

Snakes [which are] so called.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πριόνωτοι· ὄφεις οὕτω λεγόμενοι.

Betacode
*prio/nwtoi: o)/feis ou(/tw lego/menoi. 

Notes

  1. Nominative plural, from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 3.7 (snakes with crested heads).
    cf. generally pi 2298.

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Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Nov 2011
  1. expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
  2. x-ref; another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. tweaks, status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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