Βδύλλετε
you are in deadly fear of
Translated by Craig Gibson8 Aug 2002Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] you disparage,1 you are seized with fear, and you tremble. Aristophanes [writes]: "why are you in deadly fear of us? Surely we do not seem to be many? But this is not even one ten-thousandth of us."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βδύλλετε· εὐτελίζετε, φοβεῖσθε, καὶ τρέμετε. Ἀριστοφάνης· τί βδύλλεσθ' ἡμᾶς; οὔτι που πολλαὶ δοκοῦμεν εἶναι; καὶ μὴν μέρος γ' ἡμῶν οὔπω τὸ μυριοστόν.
Betacode
*bdu/llete: eu)teli/zete, fobei=sqe, kai\ tre/mete. *)aristofa/nhs: ti/ bdu/llesq' h(ma=s; ou)/ti pou pollai\ dokou=men ei)=nai; kai\ mh\n me/ros g' h(mw=n ou)/pw to\ muriosto/n.