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Ἐπιτυφῇ · would be enamoured, would be inflamed (ε 2737) · Suda

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Near ε2737

ε2733I act as guardian
ε2734fluently, trippingly, volubly
ε2735you must be racked there on the wheel and declare your villainies
ε2736to just any people; to those who happen to be there; to people of no consequence; to those who happen to succeed
ε2737would be enamoured, would be inflamed
ε2738I encounter, I happen on, I meet
ε2739surface; epiphany
ε2740Epiphanios; Epiphany
ε2741Epiphanios, Epiphanius

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2737

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Ἐπιτυφῇ

would be enamoured, would be inflamed

Translated by David Whitehead16 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 30 words

Translation

[Meaning] would catch fire, would be burned up.¹ So Aristophanes [sc. uses the word]. "So that my husband would be most enamoured of me".² [Meaning] would be ablaze for me.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπιτυφῇ· ἐπικαῇ, ἐκπυρωθῇ. οὕτως Ἀριστοφάνης. ὅπως ἂν ἀνὴρ ἐπιτυφῇ μάλιστά μου. ἐπικαυθῇ ἐπ' ἐμοί.

Betacode

*)epitufh=|: e)pikah=|, e)kpurwqh=|. ou(/tws *)aristofa/nhs. o(/pws a)\n a)nh\r e)pitufh=| ma/lista/ mou. e)pikauqh=| e)p' e)moi/.

Notes (1)

[1] = Hesychius epsilon5367. On the rare verb e)pitu/fomai, which has both literal and figurative attestations, see LSJ s.v.
2From the women's oath in Aristophanes, Lysistrata 221 (web address 1), with comments derived from the scholia.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ε2672Ἐπιτετυφωμένονhaving been inflamed[Meaning] having been set alight.

Neighbouring entries

ε2735Ἐπὶ τροχοῦ δεῖ σ' ἐκεῖ στρεβλούμενον εἰπεῖν ἃ πεπανούργηκαςyou must be racked there on the wheel and declare your villainies ε2736Ἐπιτυχοῦσινto just any people; to those who happen to be there; to people of no consequence; to those who happen to succeed ε2737Ἐπιτυφῇwould be enamoured, would be inflamed ε2738ἘπιτυγχάνωI encounter, I happen on, I meet ε2739Ἐπιφάνειαsurface; epiphany

Revision history5 revisions · last 8 Nov 2017

8 Nov 2017tweaked link — Catharine Roth
22 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
17 Mar 2008augmented n.1 — David Whitehead
16 Mar 2008augmented notes, added keyword, raised status — William Hutton
16 Mar 2008added link, set status — Jennifer Benedict
16 Mar 2008Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπιτυφῇ (Adler number epsilon 2737), trans. David Whitehead, 16 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2737

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