Ἀποσποδῆσαι
to wear away
Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Jun 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to cause to disappear from sight. From spodos ["ash"]. For it makes the pre-existing substance of the wood disappear. Or to drive off and to make disappear, to throw away that which has been pounded. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "to wear away the nails of my fingers".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀποσποδῆσαι· ἀφανίσαι. ἀπὸ τῆς σποδοῦ. αὕτη γὰρ ἀφανίζει τὴν προϋπάρξασαν ὕλην τῶν ξύλων. ἢ ἀποκροῦσαι καὶ ἀφανίσαι, τυπτόμενον ἐκβαλεῖν. Ἀριστοφάνης Ὄρνισιν· ἀποσποδῆσαι τοὺς ὄνυχας τῶν δακτύλων.