Ἀπολιγαίνει
shouts
Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Apr 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] makes noise, cries shrilly. From the [adjective] ligu/ ["shrill"]. Aristophanes [writes]: "if he shouts, I will call the market-wardens."1 Meaning the whips, which the market-wardens kept to beat people with.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀπολιγαίνει· θορυβεῖ, ὀξέως βοᾷ. παρὰ τὸ λιγύ. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἢν δ' ἀπολιγαίνῃ, τοὺς ἀγορανόμους καλῶ. ἀντὶ τοῦ τοὺς ἱμάντας, οὓς οἱ ἀγορανόμοι ἔχοντες ἔτυπτον.