Ἀπορεῖν καὶ σφακελίζειν τῷ δεινῷ
to wither and to mortify in a horrible way
Translated by Jennifer Benedict3 Jun 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
The [verb] sfakeli/zein ["to mortify, have gangrene"] is to have an infection and to convulse because of this. Cratinus [sc. uses the phrase].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀπορεῖν καὶ σφακελίζειν τῷ δεινῷ· τὸ μὲν σφακελίζειν φλεγμαίνειν ἐστὶ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο σπᾶσθαι. Κρατῖνος.
Betacode
*)aporei=n kai\ sfakeli/zein tw=| deinw=|: to\ me\n sfakeli/zein flegmai/nein e)sti\ kai\ dia\ tou=to spa=sqai. *krati=nos.