Ἀπολιβάξεις
will you [not] vanish
Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Apr 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] will you [not] go away suddenly. For a libas [is] a drip, than which nothing [is] faster in falling. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "will you not vanish, you most wicked man."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀπολιβάξεις· συντόμως ἀναχωρήσεις. λιβὰς γὰρ ἡ σταγὼν, ἧς οὐδὲν ταχύτερον ἐν τῷ πίπτειν. Ἀριστοφάνης Ὄρνισιν· οὐκ ἀπολιβάξεις, ὦ κάκιστ' ἀπολούμενος.
Betacode
*)apoliba/ceis: sunto/mws a)naxwrh/seis. liba\s ga\r h( stagw\n, h(=s ou)de\n taxu/teron e)n tw=| pi/ptein. *)aristofa/nhs *)/ornisin: ou)k a)poliba/ceis, w)= ka/kist' a)polou/menos.