Ἐξαγκωνιῶ
I will elbow
Translated by Catharine Roth29 May 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] I will put my elbows under my sides: for thus I will never be caught by the middle or reveal [myself], so that [if someone] drags me by the hands and lifts me by the middle he may not know that I am a woman by my tits.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐξαγκωνιῶ· τοὺς ἀγκῶνας ὑπὸ ταῖς πλευραῖς ποιήσω· οὐδέποτε γὰρ οὕτω μέση ληφθήσομαι ἢ παραδώσω, ἵνα τῶν χειρῶν ἕλκῃ με καὶ μὴ μέσην ἀράμενος γνῷ, ὅτι γυνή εἰμι ἐκ τῶν τιτθίων.
Betacode
*)ecagkwniw=: tou\s a)gkw=nas u(po\ tai=s pleurai=s poih/sw: ou)de/pote ga\r ou(/tw me/sh lhfqh/somai h)\ paradw/sw, i(/na tw=n xeirw=n e(/lkh| me kai\ mh\ me/shn a)ra/menos gnw=|, o(/ti gunh/ ei)mi e)k tw=n titqi/wn.
Notes
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 259 (web address 1), where the headword -- future indicative of
e)cagkwni/zw , first person singular -- occurs.
On "elbows" in various senses, see alpha 249.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Sep 2012
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth