Ἀποβλίσαι
to steal away
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 20 Mar 2002 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to squeeze out.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "a cloak-thief struck me in the back with a club, and I fell and was going to shout; but he stole away my himation."2
Meaning he let [it] fall.
Aristophanes [writes]: "a cloak-thief struck me in the back with a club, and I fell and was going to shout; but he stole away my himation."2
Meaning he let [it] fall.
Greek original
Ἀποβλίσαι· ἀποπιέσαι. Ἀριστοφάνης· λωποδύτης παίει ῥοπάλῳ με τὸ νῶτον, κἀγὼ πίπτω μέλλω τε βοᾶν· ὁ δ' ἀπέβλισε θοιμάτιόν μου. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐξέρασεν.
Betacode
*)apobli/sai: a)popie/sai. *)aristofa/nhs: lwpodu/ths pai/ei r(opa/lw| me to\ nw=ton, ka)gw\ pi/ptw me/llw te boa=n: o( d' a)pe/blise qoima/tio/n mou. a)nti\ tou= e)ce/rasen.
Notes (1)
- [1] Likewise in other lexica. The headword is aorist active infinitive of↩
a)pobli/ttw . It is presumably quoted from from somewhere but not independently attested.- 2Aristophanes, Birds 497-8 (web address 1 below); copied to here from alpha 2968.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from (1)
Neighbours in Adler order
Revisions (6)
- David Whitehead
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