Ἀπηνθράκιζεν
began to charbroil
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Jul 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] began to grill/roast. For what is done out of [ = on] coals, is done well. Aristophanes [writes]: "[she] began to charbroil a whole ox."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀπηνθράκιζεν· ὤπτα. τὰ γὰρ ἐξ ἀνθράκων γινόμενα, καλὰ γίνεται. Ἀριστοφάνης· βοῦν ἀπηνθράκιζ' ὅλον.
Betacode
*)aphnqra/kizen: w)/pta. ta\ ga\r e)c a)nqra/kwn gino/mena, kala\ gi/netai. *)aristofa/nhs: bou=n a)phnqra/kiz' o(/lon.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Frogs 506 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there on the verb used. A slave is describing Persephone's preparations, in the underworld, as soon as she heard that the hungry Herakles was coming.
cf. generally alpha 2523.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Aug 2015
- tweaked hw and tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- fixed link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified headword; supplemented note; minor cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth