Δακνόμενος
being bitten
Translated by D. Graham J. Shipley20 Jan 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative.1 [Meaning] being harassed, eaten up by the expenses of horse-rearing. For raising horses is reputed to be expensive; which is also connected to the Laconian curse. For indeed the Lakedaimonians did classify this as a curse.2 It is this: 'may house and rampart3 get you, and may your horse and your wife take a lover', all these things being expensive and damaging.4 He said the 'being bitten' from the man's having been shut up within the bedclothes.5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δακνόμενος· αἰτιατικῇ. ἐνοχλούμενος, ὑπὸ τῶν τῆς ἱπποτροφίας ἀναλωμάτων κατεσθιόμενος. δοκεῖ γὰρ δαπανηρὸν εἶναι τὸ ἵππους τρέφειν· ὅπερ καὶ τῇ Λακωνικῇ προσέζευκται κατάρᾳ. καὶ γὰρ δὴ τοῦτο οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐν κατάρας ἔθεσαν μέρει. ἔστι δὲ αὕτη· οἰκοδομά σε λάβοι καὶ ἀμβολά, ὁ δὲ ἵππος καὶ ἁ γυνά τοι μοιχὸν ἔχοι. ὡς τούτων πάντων δαπανηρῶν ὄντων καὶ ἐπιζημίων. τὸ δὲ δακνόμενος εἶπεν, ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτὸν κατακεκλεῖσθαι ἔσω τῶν στρωμάτων.
Betacode
*dakno/menos: ai)tiatikh=|. e)noxlou/menos, u(po\ tw=n th=s i(ppotrofi/as a)nalwma/twn katesqio/menos. dokei= ga\r dapanhro\n ei)=nai to\ i(/ppous tre/fein: o(/per kai\ th=| *lakwnikh=| prose/zeuktai kata/ra|. kai\ ga\r dh\ tou=to oi( *lakedaimo/nioi e)n kata/ras e)/qesan me/rei. e)/sti de\ au(/th: oi)kodoma/ se la/boi kai\ a)mbola/, o( de\ i(/ppos kai\ a( guna/ toi moixo\n e)/xoi. w(s tou/twn pa/ntwn dapanhrw=n o)/ntwn kai\ e)pizhmi/wn. to\ de\ dakno/menos ei)=pen, a)po\ tou= au)to\n katakeklei=sqai e)/sw tw=n strwma/twn.
Notes (5)
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 12, where the headword participle occurs.↩
- 1Obscure, unless one is 'bitten' in respect of something in the accusative. However, this grammatical gloss might simply be a mistaken repetition of the one in delta 21. ↩
- 2For this idiom see LSJ s.v. meros, IV.3. ↩
- 3cf. alpha 1532, end, where the present entry is cited. ↩
- 4cf. iota 577, omicroniota 66. ↩
- 5A reference forward to line 37 of the play: "a demarch [mayor] out of the bedclothes is biting me".
Linked from5 entries
- α1532Ἀμβολὰς γῆthrown-up earth, raised earth[Meaning earth] which was raised up by a ditch. Xenophon [writes]: "Cyrus used to make towers on the thrown-up earth, so that there might be as many guardposts as possible." Look under "bitten" [dakno/menos], because…
- δ20ΔάκεςDakes, DaciansThose who are now called Patzinakitai. The nominative da/kos, [dative] da/kei; [plural] da/kh and da/keta, [meaning] beasts, venomous serpents. Also dake/tas similarly.
- δ21Δάκῃςyou would bite[Used] with an accusative. Aorist subjunctive.
- ε228Ἔδηξενbit[e)/dhcen means the same as] e)/daken.
- ε1423Ἐν παρενθήκης μέρειby way of an addition, by way of a parenthesis[Meaning] by way of a surplus.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 13 May 2016
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- modifed translation and notes; added keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — D. Graham J. Shipley