Βλιμάζειν
to handle, to squeeze; to attempt
Translated by Jennifer Benedict17 Apr 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Properly [this means] to touch the paunch and breast; which those buying birds used to do; like to press [qlima/zein ]. But others [say that] "handling" [blima/zontes ] stands for maltreating. For they pluck and eat [them].1
"To squeeze" [blima/zein ] [sc. means] to press with the hands. And to press honeycombs is said [to be] "to squeeze" [bli/sai ].2
Also [sc. attested is the participle]blima/zwn ["squeezing"], [meaning he] distilling the honey from the comb.3
Also [sc. attested is]blima/ttomen , [meaning] we test, we are keen on.4
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Βλιμάζειν· κυρίως τὸ τοῦ ὑπογαστρίου καὶ τοῦ στήθους ἅπτεσθαι· ὅπερ ἐποίουν οἱ τὰς ὄρνιθας ὠνούμενοι· οἱονεὶ θλιμάζειν. οἱ δὲ βλιμάζοντες, ἀντὶ τοῦ κακοῦντες. ἀποτίλλουσι γὰρ καὶ κατεσθίουσι. Βλιμάζειν, τὸ ταῖς χερσὶ διαθλίβειν. καὶ τὸ τὰ κηρία θλίψαι βλίσαι λέγεται. καὶ Βλιμάζων, ἀποστάζων τὸ μέλι τοῦ κηρίου. καὶ Βλιμάττομεν, ψηλαφῶμεν, ἐπιθυμοῦμεν.
Betacode
*blima/zein: kuri/ws to\ tou= u(pogastri/ou kai\ tou= sth/qous a(/ptesqai: o(/per e)poi/oun oi( ta\s o)/rniqas w)nou/menoi: oi(onei\ qlima/zein. oi( de\ blima/zontes, a)nti\ tou= kakou=ntes. a)poti/llousi ga\r kai\ katesqi/ousi. *blima/zein, to\ tai=s xersi\ diaqli/bein. kai\ to\ ta\ khri/a qli/yai bli/sai le/getai. kai\ *blima/zwn, a)posta/zwn to\ me/li tou= khri/ou. kai\ *blima/ttomen, yhlafw=men, e)piqumou=men.
Notes (4)
- cf. alpha 3319, delta 566, theta 390.↩
- 1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 530, where "handling" appears. ↩
- 2From Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. ↩
- 3Evidently quoted from somewhere but attested only in lexica. ↩
- 4From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1164, where a variant of this verb appears.
Linked from4 entries
- α2968Ἀπέβλισενstole away[Meaning he/she/it] took away. The metaphor [comes] from honeycombs or from those sucking milk. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "a cloak-stealer struck me in the back with a club, and I fell [and] was going to shout;…
- α3319Ἀποθλίβεινto squeeze outLook also under blimazein.
- β343Βλίττεινto honey-harvest[Meaning] to take the honey from the honeycombs. To attempt. And to stroke. And to squeeze out the bees' honeycombs. To squeeze. "But you are shutting him in and honey-harvesting him." So Aristophanes [writes].
- δ566Διαθλίβεινto crush thoroughlyLook under 'to squeeze'.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 26 Aug 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more betacode — Catharine Roth
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- x-refs; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict