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Ἀεροβατεῖν · to tread the air (α 561) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α557non-working
α558non-working
α559aerial water
α560unhedged
α561to tread the air
α562airy, cloudy, murky
α563air-swimming
α564Aerope
α565aerops, bee-eater

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Ἀεροβατεῖν

to tread the air

Translated by Frederick Williams25 Oct 1999Vetting: high7 revisions

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3 notes · 33 words

Translation

To walk on the air.¹
To go on the air.²
And Socrates said: "I tread the air and I observe the sun,³ so that it does not draw the moisture into the watercress".⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀεροβατεῖν· εἰς τὸν ἀέρα περιπατεῖν. τῷ ἀέρι ἐπιβαίνειν. καὶ ὁ Σωκράτης ἔφη· ἀεροβατῶ καὶ περιφρονῶ τὸν ἥλιον, ἵνα μὴ ἕλκῃ τὴν ἰκμάδ' ἐς τὰ κάρδαμα.

Betacode

*)aerobatei=n: ei)s to\n a)e/ra peripatei=n. tw=| a)e/ri e)pibai/nein. kai\ o( *swkra/ths e)/fh: a)erobatw= kai\ perifronw= to\n h(/lion, i(/na mh\ e(/lkh| th\n i)kma/d' e)s ta\ ka/rdama.

Notes (3)

[1] Same glossing in Photius and other lexica.
2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 225 (about to be quoted) ↩
3Aristophanes, Clouds 225 (repeated at 1503); quoted again at delta 629 and pi 1344. ↩
4Inexact quotation of Aristophanes, Clouds 233-4.
The headword verb was presumably coined by Aristophanes; it is quoted, in an allusion to the Clouds scene by Plato, Apology 19C. For parallel formations see the commentary on Ar. Clouds by W.J.M. Starkie (London, 1911) 60.

Linked from1 entry

δ629ΔιαλεπτολογοῦμαιI discourse subtly[Meaning] I converse. Just as Socrates said: "I tread the air and observe the sun, so that it does not draw the moisture into the watercress". Thus also the old man [says], "I discourse subtly with the beams of the…

Neighbouring entries

α559Ἀέριον ὕδωρaerial water α560Ἀέρκτονunhedged α561Ἀεροβατεῖνto tread the air α562Ἀερόενairy, cloudy, murky α563Ἀερονηχεῖςair-swimming

Revision history7 revisions · last 23 Sep 2013

23 Sep 2013 — Catharine Roth
13 Jan 2012deleted link, added keyword — Catharine Roth
3 Aug 2011more notes; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
1 May 2002added cross-references — Catharine Roth
27 Sep 2000Added link and keyword. — Catharine Roth
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25 Oct 1999Translated — Frederick Williams

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀεροβατεῖν (Adler number alpha 561), trans. Frederick Williams, 25 Oct 1999. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/561

Translation by Frederick Williams for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗