Διαπιθηκίσαι
to monkey around, to play the ape
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Jan 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
The [verb that means] to play; [the word comes] from the apes; for the animal [is] a great busybody.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διαπιθηκίσαι· τὸ διαπαῖξαι· ἀπὸ τῶν πιθήκων· φιλοπραγμονέστατον γὰρ τὸ ζῷον.
Betacode
*diapiqhki/sai: to\ diapai=cai: a)po\ tw=n piqh/kwn: filopragmone/staton ga\r to\ zw=|on.