Ἐπίττον
I was pitching-up
Translated by William Hutton12 Dec 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] I was behaving licentiously [towards], I was kissing all over. Strictly, to pitch-up is to smear broad ships with pitch; so thence the term has been derived metaphorically. Or meaning I was stirring up, I engaged in coitus. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "because I was pitching her up earlier for a decent amount of time."1 But e)/piton ['approach'], with one t, [means] come toward, proceed toward. "Speak! approach!" Aristophanes in Frogs [writes this].2