Ἀνεπτεροῦτο
was on tiptoe with excitement
Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] was elated by good hopes. "Nemesion was on tip-toe with excitement and in suspense from his hopes and seemed to have met with a god-send in encountering me."1
Also2 [sc. attested is the phrase]a)nepterw/sqai th\n yuxh/n ["to excite the soul"], that is to arouse [it]. Cratinus [sc. uses it].3
Also2 [sc. attested is the phrase]