Διαψαίρουσι
they brush away
Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo1 May 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they blow away. For sailors call blowing 'brushing'.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διαψαίρουσι· διαπνέουσι. ψαίρειν γὰρ τὸ πνεῖν οἱ ναυτικοὶ λέγουσιν.
Betacode
*diayai/rousi: diapne/ousi. yai/rein ga\r to\ pnei=n oi( nautikoi\ le/gousin.
Notes
- Photius, Lexicon s.v. has the same entry, and for a variant see Hesychius, Lexicon delta1471:
*diayai/rousi: diapne/ousi. kai\ yai/rein ga\r le/gomen to\ i(sti/on, o(/tan e)lafrw=s diapne/htai ; "they brush away: they blow away. And we say 'to brush the sail', when the wind is blowing gently through”. The primary source is probably a scholion to Aristophanes, Birds 1717, wherediayai/rousi is used when the poet is caricaturing Euripides’ language (see fr. 926 Nauck).