Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12932
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12932
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“Ἀλλ’ εἰ μὲν Σύρος ἐσσὶ ‘Σαλὰμ,’ εἰ δ’ οὖν σύ γε φοίνιξ
“Ναίδιος,” εἰ δ’ Ἕλλην “Χαῖρε”. τὸ δ’ αὐτὸ φράσον.”
—Meleagros, in Anthologia Palatina, vii. 149.