Ἀνορωρυγμένον

dug-up

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They say [a)norwrugme/non], not a)nwrugme/non. Menander in Urn [writes]: "to make away with himself as soon as he saw this dug-up."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀνορωρυγμένον, οὐχὶ ἀνωρυγμένον λέγουσιν. Μένανδρος Ὑδρίᾳ· εὐθὺς καταχρήσεσθαι τὸν ἀνορωρυγμένην ταύτην ἰδόντα.

Betacode

*)anorwrugme/non, ou)xi\ a)nwrugme/non le/gousin. *me/nandros *(udri/a|: eu)qu\s kataxrh/sesqai to\n a)norwrugme/nhn tau/thn i)do/nta.

1Menander fr. 468 Kock, now 358 K.-A. (Several versions of this quotation are preserved, and its grammar varies.) ↩

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