Ἀπὸ βαλβίδος
from a starting-line
Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Jan 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] from the beginning.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀπὸ βαλβίδος· ἀπ' ἀρχῆς.
Betacode
*)apo\ balbi/dos: a)p' a)rxh=s.
Notes
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 548, where the phrase
eu)qu/s g' a)po\ balbi/dwn ... a)podei/cw occurs.
For this phrase from horse-racing see again, more fully, alpha 3271 and beta 69.