Ἔρημον ἐμβλέπειν
to look at vacantly
Translated by Craig Gibson4 Jun 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning to look at] idly and sluggishly; as whenever we look into a desert1or a great and yawning sea. Aristophanes [uses the word in] Polyidos.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔρημον ἐμβλέπειν· ἀκίνητον καὶ νωθρόν· οἷον ὅταν εἰς ἐρημίαν ἢ πέλαγος μέγα καὶ ἀχανὲς βλέπωμεν. Ἀριστοφάνης Πολυΐδῳ.