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Ἀπεψωλημένοι · bare-cocked (α 3113) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α3109attacked
α3110I wiped away
α3111voted off
α3112boiling down, boiling off
α3113bare-cocked
α3114you will go away
α3115looked at
α3116to disobey
α3117I disobey

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Ἀπεψωλημένοι

bare-cocked

Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Jan 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 25 words

Translation

Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "[follow me] bare-cocked, you will breakfast [like goats]."¹ Meaning, you will do lewd things like goats do. Also look under a)kratiei=sqe.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπεψωλημένοι· Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ἀπεψωλημένοι· ἀκρατιεῖσθε. ἀντὶ τοῦ, ὡς τράγοι ἀκρατῆ πράξετε. καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ ἀκρατιεῖσθε.

Betacode

*)apeywlhme/noi: *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: a)peywlhme/noi: a)kratiei=sqe. a)nti\ tou=, w(s tra/goi a)krath= pra/cete. kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| a)kratiei=sqe.

Notes (1)

[1] Aristophanes, Wealth 295 (abbreviated as indicated: see web address 1). Henderson (below) 186 tentatively sees in this passage a pun involving cunnilingus.
2alpha 959, from where the present entry is copied.

References

On the verb a)poywlei=n, meaning to draw back the prepuce of the penis by causing an erection, see generally J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 110

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α959Ἀκρατιεῖσθεyou will breakfastAristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "you will breakfast [like] goats". That is, you will breakfast bare-cocked; meaning you will do lewd things like goats [do], since after intercourse goats lick the penis. You will lick…

Neighbouring entries

α3111Ἀπεψηφίσατοvoted off α3112Ἀπέψονboiling down, boiling off α3113Ἀπεψωλημένοιbare-cocked α3114Ἄπειyou will go away α3115Ἀπεῖδενlooked at

Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Nov 2011

6 Nov 2011tweaks — David Whitehead
5 Nov 2011added betacode, updated link — Catharine Roth
13 Oct 2005Added italics — Elizabeth Vandiver
16 Mar 2001modified translation; augmented notes; added bibliography — David Whitehead
29 Jan 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀπεψωλημένοι (Adler number alpha 3113), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 29 Jan 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3113

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, Elizabeth Vandiver, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗