Ἀπολιταργιεῖς
you will skip off
Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 May 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] you will run away, you will leap away from the door. Contained in this word is the [adjective] a)rgo/n , which is swift, and the [adverb] li/an ["excessively"]. So, he is saying, won't you run away quickly? But they used to call leaps "skips".1 Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "so why don't you have done with it and skip off quickly from the door?"2
There is also [the related present infinitive]a)politargei=n ["to skip off"].3
There is also [the related present infinitive]