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Αἰγιάζειν · to talk of goats (αι 37) · Suda

Letters

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

Near αι37

αι33Aigeion, Aegeum
αι34goaty, goatskin
αι35poplar
αι36Aigeis, Aegeis
αι37to talk of goats
αι38Aigialeus
αι39Aigialeia
αι40Aigiale
αι41you are talking to a beach

Suda/ΑΙ alphaiota/αι37

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Αἰγιάζειν

to talk of goats

Translated by William Hutton27 Oct 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 7 words

Translation

"But you sit here talking of goats."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἰγιάζειν· σὺ δ' αἰγιάζων ἐνθαδὶ καθήμενος.

Betacode

*ai)gia/zein: su\ d' ai)gia/zwn e)nqadi\ kaqh/menos.

Notes (1)

Same or similar entry in other lexica; ultimately Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 107, who glosses the verb as translated here (and adopted by LSJ). Since all ancient comment stems from a contextless line in Eupolis (see next note), other interpretations are possible, e.g. to goat around.

1Eupolis fr. 2 Kock, now 3 Kassel-Austin, which if Photius is correct actually has the present indicative (second person singular) of the verb, not the Suda's (and ps.-Zonaras') present participle.

Neighbouring entries

αι35Αἰγείρου θέαpoplar αι36ΑἰγηΐςAigeis, Aegeis αι37Αἰγιάζεινto talk of goats αι38ΑἰγιαλεύςAigialeus αι39ΑἰγιάλειαAigialeia

Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Jan 2015

22 Jan 2015coding — Catharine Roth
23 Dec 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
10 May 2012modified hw and tr; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Oct 2002modified and expanded note — David Whitehead
27 Oct 2002Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Αἰγιάζειν (Adler number alphaiota 37), trans. William Hutton, 27 Oct 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alphaiota/37

Translation by William Hutton 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 ↗