COMPOUND: μετάφρενον, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [P+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘part behind the midriff, broad of the back‘
ETYMOLOGY: μετά ‘in the midst of, among, between’ + noun root φρεν- (φρήν) ‘midriff’ + noun suf. -oν
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 265, 267; V, 40, 56; VIII, 95, 258; X, 29; XI, 447; XII, 428; XVI, 791, 806; XVII, 502; XX, 402, 488; XXII, 283; XXIII, 380; Od. VIII, 528.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: dat. n. sing., acc. sg., gen. sg., nom. pl. 
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (P-argument) – tatpuruṣa (P-governing)
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