Δεκάπαλαι
ten ages ago
Translated by Jennifer Benedict24 Jul 2002Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
The Attic [writers] say [this word when they mean] a great while earlier.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δεκάπαλαι· τὸ πρὸ πολλοῦ πάνυ λέγουσιν Ἀττικοί.
Betacode
*deka/palai: to\ pro\ pollou= pa/nu le/gousin *)attikoi/.
Notes
- Perhaps, Adler suggests, from ancient commentary on Aristophanes, Knights 1154, where this adverb occurs; cf. tau 1000. (Also elsewhere in comedy.)