Αὑτηΐ
this here
Translated by Debra Hamel8 Oct 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "this here chamberpot, if you want to urinate,1 will be next to you, nearby on the peg."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αὑτηΐ· Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀμὶς μὲν, ἦν οὐρητιάσῃς, αὑτηῒ παρὰ σοὶ ἠρεμήσεται ἐγγὺς ἐπὶ τοῦ παττάλου.
Betacode
*au(thi/+: *)aristofa/nhs: a)mi\s me\n, h)=n ou)rhtia/sh|s, au(thi\+ para\ soi\ h)remh/setai e)ggu\s e)pi\ tou= patta/lou.
Notes (2)
- See already alpha 1590 (and again omicron 946).
- 1But not defecate. On the distinction between the
a)mi/s and theskwrami/s see sigma 692. ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Wasps 807-808. ↩
References
J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 191 and index s.v.
Linked from2 entries
- α1590Ἀμίδαchamberpot[Meaning a] urinal, piss-pot. Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural] a)mi/das, [meaning] service-implements. "This is a wise thing and useful for an old man that you have invented, really a remedy for bladder…
- ο946Οὐρητρίδαpiss-pot[Meaning] a vessel for urine. Aristophanes [writes]: "this here chamberpot [a)mi/s], if you want to piss, will be next to you, nearby on the peg."
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- tweaking — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
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- Translated — Debra Hamel