Ἀφερπύσαι
to creep off
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Aug 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. Means] to walk slowly. From a metaphor of serpents. Out of this he explains the quiet theft, the one concerning the pot. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "to which I terribly wanted to creep off."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀφερπύσαι· βαδίσαι. ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἑρπετῶν. ἐκ τούτου δὲ τὴν ἥσυχον κλοπὴν τὴν ἐπὶ τὴν χύτραν δηλοῖ. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ἐφ' ἣν ἐπεθύμουν δαιμονίως ἀφερπύσαι.