Ἐριοπωλικῶς πεποίηκας
you have done (it) in wool-seller fashion
Translated by David Whitehead20 May 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] as those selling fleeces soak them, in order to make them heavy in the balance. Aristophanes [goes on to write]: "having made the verse wet just like [they do] fleeces; you however put in a verse with wings".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐριοπωλικῶς πεποίηκας· ὡς οἱ τὰ ἔρια πωλοῦντες βρέχουσιν αὐτά, ἵνα βαρύνωσιν ἐν τῷ σταθμῷ. Ἀριστοφάνης· ὑγρὸν ποιήσας τοὖπος ὥσπερ τἄρια, σὺ δ' εἰσέθηκας τοὖπος ἐπτερωμένον.