Ἐξαλίσας
having rolled out
Translated by William Hutton17 Aug 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] having caused to be tumbled out into the dirt.1 A 'rolling-ground' is the place where horses station themselves and do this. Thus Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "many rolling-grounds and tumblings-out."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐξαλίσας· ἐκκυλισθῆναι ποιήσας εἰς τὴν κόνιν. ἀλινδήθρα δὲ ὁ τόπος, ἐν ᾧ τιθέντες ἑαυτοὺς οἱ ἵπποι τοῦτο ποιοῦσιν. ὡς Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Βατράχοις· πολλὰς ἀλινδήθρας τε καὶ ἐκκυλίσματα.
Betacode
*)ecali/sas: e)kkulisqh=nai poih/sas ei)s th\n ko/nin. a)lindh/qra de\ o( to/pos, e)n w(=| tiqe/ntes e(autou\s oi( i(/ppoi tou=to poiou=sin. w(s *)aristofa/nhs e)n *batra/xois: polla\s a)lindh/qras te kai\ e)kkuli/smata.
Notes (2)
- Almost certainly derived, as Adler states, from the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 32 (where the headword occurs: web address 1); and cf. Etymologicum Magnum 64.16.↩
- 1The headword is aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of
e)cali/ndw ; cf. epsilon 1726. ↩- 2An imprecise quotation of Aristophanes, Frogs 904 (web address 2), where only "many rolling-grounds" occurs. The words "and tumblings-out" are an intrusive gloss from the scholia. The line is quoted accurately at alpha 1233, alpha 4516, and lambda 441.
- 1The headword is aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α1233Ἀλινδεῖσθαιto roll in the dust[Meaning] to roll around. Also [sc. attested is] a)lindh/qra, [Meaning] a rolling-place. A place where horses cover themselves in dust. Aristophanes [writes]: "scattering many dust-rolls of words". And elsewhere: "and…
- α4516Αὐτόπρεμνονuprooted, pulled up by the roots[Meaning] with difficulty, root and branch, roots and all, or great. Aristophanes [writes] about Aeschylus: "charging in with his arguments uprooted, to scatter many wallows of words."
- ε1726Ἐξήλικαςyou have rolled out[Meaning] you expelled, you drove out. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "but, my [friend], you have rolled me out of my [possessions]."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 9 Sep 2012
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added another cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- augmented note with cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton