Ἀνορταλίζειν
to flap the wings
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jul 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
['To flap the wings']; also [sc. attested is] a)nwrta/lizes ["you were flapping your wings"], [meaning] you were dancing lightly, you were excited, and you were rushing to believe before testing. But [uncompound] o)rtali/zein 1 is said about birds who begin to raise their feathers. Aristophanes [writes]: "whenever someone used these preambles you would flap your wings and toss your horns."2 Meaning you got excited and puffed up. The term ["toss your horns"] [comes] from horn-bearing [creatures].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνορταλίζειν· καὶ Ἀνωρτάλιζες, κούφως ὠρχοῦ, ἐπῄρου, καὶ ταχέως ἐπίστευες πρὶν δοκιμάσαι. ὀρταλίζειν δὲ λέγεται ἐπὶ τῶν ἀρχομένων ἀναπτεροῦσθαι ὀρνέων. Ἀριστοφάνης· τούτοις ὁπότε χρήσαιτό τις προοιμίοις, ἀνωρτάλιζες κἀκερουτίας. ἀντὶ τοῦ μετεωρίζου καὶ μέγα ἐφρόνεις. ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν κερατοφορούντων ἡ λέξις.
Betacode
*)anortali/zein: kai\ *)anwrta/lizes, kou/fws w)rxou=, e)ph/|rou, kai\ taxe/ws e)pi/steues pri\n dokima/sai. o)rtali/zein de\ le/getai e)pi\ tw=n a)rxome/nwn a)napterou=sqai o)rne/wn. *)aristofa/nhs: tou/tois o(po/te xrh/saito/ tis prooimi/ois, a)nwrta/lizes ka)kerouti/as. a)nti\ tou= metewri/zou kai\ me/ga e)fro/neis. a)po\ de\ tw=n keratoforou/ntwn h( le/cis.
Notes (2)
- 1The uncompound verb is not actually attested. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Knights 1343-4 (web address 1), with scholion; again at kappa 145, and cf. epsilon 417. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ε417Ἐκερουτίαςyou would toss your horns[Meaning] you were holding your head up in the manner of horn-bearing animals, because they become impressive-looking when they hold the head aloft. It [also] signifies prancing. Like a stag, he is saying, you were…
- κ145Κακερουτίαςand you were tossing your hornsAristophanes [writes]: "you were flapping your wings and you were tossing your horns." Meaning you got excited and puffed up. The term ["toss your horns"] [comes] from horn-bearing [creatures].
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 23 Jan 2014
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- tweaked note and link — Catharine Roth
- betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- restorative cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified headword and translation; added note; modified keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict