Ἆρα γρυκτόν ἐστιν ὑμῖν;

so is grumbling a must for you?

Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

12 words

Translation

That is, so are you obliged to grumble, or to speak freely?

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἆρα γρυκτόν ἐστιν ὑμῖν; τουτέστιν ἆρα γρύξαι ὀφείλετε, ἢ παρρησίαν ἄγειν.

Betacode
*)=ara grukto/n e)stin u(mi=n; toute/stin a)=ra gru/cai o)fei/lete, h)\ parrhsi/an a)/gein. 

Notes

  1. From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 656, where the headword phrase occurs (web address 1 below); cf. gamma 464.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Oct 2015
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. modified headword and translation; added keyword — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

“so is grumbling a must for you?” Suda On Line. Tr. Jennifer Benedict. 29 June 2001. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3731>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/alpha/3731>.

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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