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You cannot say he fell “al hapan” (on his face) you have to say “al hapanim”.
essential reading 2008
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[Greek: mellêsis de promêthês deilia euprepês, to de sôphron tou anandrou proschêma, kai to pros hapan xuneton epi pan argon.]
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He mentions the recent change of the name to Salike (which Lassen conjectures to be a seaman's corruption of the real name Sihala [3]); and he notices, in passing, the fact that the natives wore their hair then as they do at the present day, in such length and profusion as to give them an appearance of effeminacy, "[Greek: mallois gynaikeiois eis hapan anadedemenos]." [
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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