Ἄφες ἀπὸ βαλβίδων ἐμέ τε καὶ τοῦτον

let go from the posts both me and this man

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Aug 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

13 words

That is, from the starting-lines. For balbis ["post"] is the release-point of racecourses.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄφες ἀπὸ βαλβίδων ἐμέ τε καὶ τοῦτον· τουτέστιν ἀπὸ κανόνων. βαλβὶς γὰρ ἡ ἄφεσις τῶν δρόμων.

Betacode

*)/afes a)po\ balbi/dwn e)me/ te kai\ tou=ton: toute/stin a)po\ kano/nwn. balbi\s ga\r h( a)/fesis tw=n dro/mwn.

Notes

The headword phrase quotes Aristophanes, Knights 1159 (web address 1 below), and the gloss is from the scholia there. For the balbis see beta 69.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

β69Βαλβίς Βαλβῖδοςstarting-post; starting-post's[Meaning a] low column, the starting-point, and the turn. "Just like those driving four-horse chariots despatched from some starting-post, once the gate had been opened." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "at [the]…

Neighbouring entries

α4586Ἀφερπύσαιto creep off α4587Ἀφέλειαsimplicity α4588Ἄφες ἀπὸ βαλβίδων ἐμέ τε καὶ τοῦτονlet go from the posts both me and this man α4589Ἀφέσθαιto leave alone α4590Ἀφ' Ἑστίαςfrom Hearth, from Hestia

Revision history3 revisions · last 25 Dec 2015

25 Dec 2015tweaked link — Catharine Roth
7 May 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
8 Aug 2001augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Aug 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict