Ἐξυπτιάζω
I turn on my back, I fall backwards
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Aug 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"Those who have got drunk with wine fall on their face[s], but those who have drunk barley-beer fall backwards on their heads."1 So e)cuptia/zein [means] to be borne backwards.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐξυπτιάζω. οἱ μεθυσθέντες οἴνῳ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πίπτουσιν, οἱ δὲ κρίθινον πεπωκότες ἐξυπτιάζονται τὴν κεφαλήν. ἐξυπτιάζειν οὖν τὸ ἐπὶ νώτου φέρεσθαι.
Betacode
*)ecuptia/zw. oi( mequsqe/ntes oi)/nw| e)pi\ pro/swpon pi/ptousin, oi( de\ kri/qinon pepwko/tes e)cuptia/zontai th\n kefalh/n. e)cuptia/zein ou)=n to\ e)pi\ nw/tou fe/resqai.