Ἀψήκτῳ κοθόρνῳ
with an untanned boot
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jun 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] with an unsoftened [one], a hard [one], [as if to say] I will strike your jaw with an intractable sandal.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀψήκτῳ κοθόρνῳ· ἀκαταμάκτῳ, σκληρῷ, ἀμαλάκτῳ ὑποδήματι πατάξω τὸν γνάθον.
Betacode
*)ayh/ktw| koqo/rnw|: a)katama/ktw|, sklhrw=|, a)mala/ktw| u(podh/mati pata/cw to\n gna/qon.
Notes
- The headword phrase is from Aristopanes, Lysistrata 656 (web address 1 below), and the gloss from the scholia there.
For such a "boot" see kappa 1909.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Jan 2016
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict