Χεζητιῶν

shit-wishing

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 18 Mar 2008 · Vetting: high · 8 revisions

Translation

[Meaning someone] wanting to shit.¹
Aristophanes [writes]: "when some Patrokleides of you happens to be shit-wishing, he would not have let it out into his cloak, but would fly off, and farting and catching his breath he would fly back again."² Meaning he would retire to void his bowels. It seems Patrokleides was a politically minded and learned man, but otherwise dirtied his bed linens. Therefore "shitting" (xesa=s) is also said.³ And elsewhere Aristophanes [writes]: "let someone summon Antisthenes by any means; for that man knows what an arse-hole wants when it wants to take a shit."⁴ This man Antisthenes was an effeminate doctor.
"A cure of a much-shitting disease."⁵

Greek original

Χεζητιῶν· βουλόμενος χέσαι. Ἀριστοφάνης· εἴτε Πατροκλείδης τις ὑμῶν τυγχάνει χεζητιῶν, οὐκ ἂν ἐξίδισεν εἰς θοιμάτιον, ἀλλ' ἀνέπτατο κἀποπαρδὼν κἀναπνεύσας, αὖθις κατέπτατο. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπεπάτησε. δοκεῖ ὁ Πατροκλείδης πολιτικὸς εἶναι καὶ λόγιος, ἄλλως δὲ κατασχημονῶν τῶν στρωμάτων· διὸ καὶ Χεσᾶς ἐλέγετο. καὶ αὖθις Ἀριστοφάνης· Ἀντισθένη τις καλεσάτω πάσῃ τέχνῃ· οὗτος γὰρ ἀνὴρ ἕνεκά γε στεναγμάτων οἶδε τί πρωκτὸς βούλεται χεζητιῶν. οὗτος ὁ Ἀντισθένης ἰατρὸς ἦν θηλυδρίας. ἀπηλλάγη μὲν πολυχέσου νοσήματος.

Betacode

*xezhtiw=n: boulo/menos xe/sai. *)aristofa/nhs: ei)/te *patroklei/dhs tis u(mw=n tugxa/nei xezhtiw=n, ou)k a)\n e)ci/disen ei)s qoima/tion, a)ll' a)ne/ptato ka)popardw\n ka)napneu/sas, au)=qis kate/ptato. a)nti\ tou= a)pepa/thse. dokei= o( *patroklei/dhs politiko\s ei)=nai kai\ lo/gios, a)/llws de\ katasxhmonw=n tw=n strwma/twn: dio\ kai\ *xesa=s e)le/geto. kai\ au)=qis *)aristofa/nhs: *)antisqe/nh tis kalesa/tw pa/sh| te/xnh|: ou(=tos ga\r a)nh\r e(/neka/ ge stenagma/twn oi)=de ti/ prwkto\s bou/letai xezhtiw=n. ou(=tos o( *)antisqe/nhs i)atro\s h)=n qhludri/as. a)phlla/gh me\n poluxe/sou nosh/matos.

Notes (4)

[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the first quotation given, is the masculine nominative singular, present active indicative, of the verb xezhtia/w ("I want to shit"), a desiderative of xe/zw. See Smyth §868 at web address 1.
2Aristophanes, Birds 790-792 (web address 2). Part of this entry is taken from a scholion to line 70. See also epsilon 1759 and chi 219. ↩
3The masculine nominative singular, aorist active participle, of xe/zw ("I shit"); cf. chi 183. Patrokleides is best known as the author of the amnesty decree of 405 BCE (Andocides 1.76-79). ↩
4Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 366-368 (web address 3), with scholion. See also pi 2950. ↩
5Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in mss AS, and placed later in G.) See rather alpha 3149, with a)phlla/ghmen ("we were released...") for this entry's faulty a)phlla/gh me/n.

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External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from (3)

α3149Ἀπηλλάγησανthey were released, they escaped χ219Χεσᾶςshitter χ220ΧεσείωI want to shit

Neighbours in Adler order

χ179Χαῖταιtresses χ180Χαιτήεις ἵπποςflowing-maned horse χ181Χέδροπαςlegumes χ182Χεζητιῶνshit-wishing χ183Χέζομενwe shit χ184Χεθέντοςspread χ185Χελιδόναςchelidon; Chelidon

Revisions (8)

1 May 2023Catharine Rothtweaked links
14 Aug 2019Catharine Rothcosmeticule
18 Dec 2014David Whiteheadanother keyword
17 Dec 2014Catharine Rothadded a link
10 Nov 2013David Whitehead
23 Mar 2008David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics
18 Mar 2008Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*xezhtiw=n: boulo/menos xe/sai. *)aristofa/nhs: ei)/te *patroklei/dhs tis u(mw=n tugxa/nei xezhtiw=n, ou)k a)\n e)ci/disen ei)s qoima/tion, a)ll' a)ne/ptato ka)popardw\n ka)napneu/sas, au)=qis kate/ptato. a)nti\ tou= a)pepa/thse. dokei= o( *patroklei/dhs politiko\s ei)=nai kai\ lo/gios, a)/llws de\ katasxhmonw=n tw=n strwma/twn: dio\ kai\ *xesa=s e)le/geto. kai\ au)=qis *)aristofa/nhs: *)antisqe/nh tis kalesa/tw pa/sh| te/xnh|: ou(=tos ga\r a)nh\r e(/neka/ ge stenagma/twn oi)=de ti/ prwkto\s bou/letai xezhtiw=n. ou(=tos o( *)antisqe/nhs i)atro\s h)=n qhludri/as. a)phlla/gh me\n poluxe/sou nosh/matos.

Notes (4)

[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the first quotation given, is the masculine nominative singular, present active indicative, of the verb xezhtia/w ("I want to shit"), a desiderative of xe/zw. See Smyth §868 at web address 1.

2Aristophanes, Birds 790-792 (web address 2). Part of this entry is taken from a scholion to line 70. See also epsilon 1759 and chi 219. ↩

3The masculine nominative singular, aorist active participle, of xe/zw ("I shit"); cf. chi 183. Patrokleides is best known as the author of the amnesty decree of 405 BCE (Andocides 1.76-79). ↩

4Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 366-368 (web address 3), with scholion. See also pi 2950. ↩

5Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in mss AS, and placed later in G.) See rather alpha 3149, with a)phlla/ghmen ("we were released...") for this entry's faulty a)phlla/gh me/n.