Ἀνασηκῶσαι
to balance out, to make up weight
Translated by Jennifer Benedict20 Oct 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to pay back or to regain, just like those who balance scales, effectively equalizing what is less or more. Thus Aristophanes [sc. uses the verb].1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνασηκῶσαι· ἀνταποδοῦναι ἢ ἀναλαβεῖν, ὥσπερ οἱ ἱστάντες, οἷον ἐξισῶσαι τῷ λείποντι ἢ πλεονάζοντι. οὕτως Ἀριστοφάνης.
Betacode
*)anashkw=sai: a)ntapodou=nai h)\ a)nalabei=n, w(/sper oi( i(sta/ntes, oi(=on e)cisw=sai tw=| lei/ponti h)\ pleona/zonti. ou(/tws *)aristofa/nhs.
Notes (1)
- Same entry in Photius. The headword is the aorist active infinitive of↩
a)nashko/w .- 1Aristophanes fr. 743 Kock, now 771 K.-A.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Jul 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note and keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict