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Ἐπαίχθη · was toyed with (ε 2019) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε2019

ε2015hit
ε2016I have a perception of
ε2017shameful
ε2018beggar
ε2019was toyed with
ε2020set about, overlapped
ε2021I was mounting
ε2022called on
ε2023pressed down, pressed on

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2019

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Ἐπαίχθη

was toyed with

Translated by David Whitehead27 Aug 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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2 notes · 18 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] was mocked,¹ [formed] out of the [verb] pai/zw. But e)pe/xqh ["was coiffured"] [means] was combed out.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπαίχθη· ἐνεπαίχθη, ἐκ τοῦ παίζω. Ἐπέχθη δὲ ἐκτενίσθη.

Betacode

*)epai/xqh: e)nepai/xqh, e)k tou= pai/zw. *)epe/xqh de\ e)kteni/sqh.

Notes (2)

This entry distinguishes between two words that would have been homophonous in late Greek: the headword e)pai/xqh (third person singular, aorist passive indicative, of pai/zw ('play')) and e)pe/xqh (the corresponding form of pe/kw ('comb'). The entry may ultimately derive from scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 1356 (web address 1), where the latter occurs.
1For the entry thus far, Adler cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (1574 and 1679). For another form of the same verb, cf. epsilon 2063. For the glossing verb, the compound e)nepai/xqh, cf. under kappa 2500, of Croesus (and in Matthew 2.16, Herod and the Magi). ↩
2For the remainder of the entry, Adler cites Ambrosian Lexicon 1577 (and cf. 1576 and 1680). See also epsilon 2112 for another gloss on the same word.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

ε2063Ἐπεπαίχεινhad joked atPluperfect, [meaning] was/were made fun of. But e)pepe/xein [means] they had carded. [It is formed] out of the [verb] pe/kw ['I card'], [meaning] I comb.
ε2112Ἐπέχθηwas coiffured[Meaning he/she/it] was combed out. [He/she/it] was cut. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "I commanded [him] to sing Simonides' 'How the Ram Was Coiffured'."

Neighbouring entries

ε2017Ἐπαισχέςshameful ε2018Ἐπαίτηςbeggar ε2019Ἐπαίχθηwas toyed with ε2020Ἐπέβαλενset about, overlapped ε2021ἘπεβάτευονI was mounting

Revision history4 revisions · last 21 Jan 2016

21 Jan 2016Revised — David Whitehead
1 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
27 Aug 2007augmented n.1 and keywords — David Whitehead
27 Aug 2007expanded notes, added links, set status — William Hutton
27 Aug 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπαίχθη (Adler number epsilon 2019), trans. David Whitehead, 27 Aug 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2019

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗