Ἀσπάζου

greet!

Translated by Jennifer Benedict31 Dec 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

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Aristophanes [writes]: "Open up! Greet me! I have troubles on account of you."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀσπάζου· Ἀριστοφάνης· ἄνοιξον· ἀσπάζου με. διά τοί σε πόνους ἔχω.

Betacode

*)aspa/zou: *)aristofa/nhs: a)/noicon: a)spa/zou me. dia/ toi/ se po/nous e)/xw.

Notes (1)

The headword (extracted from the quotation given) is the second person singular, present imperative, of the deponent verb a)spa/zomai; see already alpha 4196.
1Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 971-2 (web address 1 below). ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α4196Ἀσπάζεσθαιto greet, to embrace[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] both to address, as we [use this word], and simply to greet someone, and to treat affectionately, and to embrace. Also [sc. attested is] a)spazo/mesqa ["we greet"], [spelled] with…

Neighbouring entries

α4195ἈσωχαῖοςAsochaios, Asochaeus α4196Ἀσπάζεσθαιto greet, to embrace α4197Ἀσπάζουgreet!α4198Ἀσπάλακος τυφλότεροςblinder than a blind-rat α4199Ἀσπαλίαangling

Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Nov 2015

28 Nov 2015tweaked link — Catharine Roth
25 Apr 2012another keyword; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 Jan 2002cosmetics — David Whitehead
31 Dec 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict