Ἐπὶ πυγὴν καθίσαι
to place at a buttock
Translated by David Whitehead18 Nov 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to reduce/belittle.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπὶ πυγὴν καθίσαι· ταπεινῶσαι.
Betacode
*)epi\ pugh\n kaqi/sai: tapeinw=sai.
Notes
- Same entry in other lexica, e.g. Photius epsilon1676. This and the parallel epsilon 2542 (q.v.) are reckoned to be phrases extracted from Attic comedy: Comica adespota frs. 897-898 Kock (501-502 K-A).
For buttocks (and yet another such phrase) see pi 3110.