Note 297 — Chapter IV · A BOAR-HUNT.

There may be some connexion with the jemmas of the Greeks, as designating the salutation with which such holy places were entered. To ‘adore’ is to carry the hand to the lips. The Indians adore the sun by standing up, not as we do by kissing the hand.—Pliny. The modern Greek uses προσκύνω for the Turkish jemmas. In any modern language a periphrase would be requisite.