Εὐριπίδη Εὐριπίδιον
Euripides little Euripides
Translated by David Whitehead3 Dec 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [sc. writes this].1 He is imitating a lover's voice. For lovers are in the habit of calling lovingly to their beloveds in diminutives.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εὐριπίδη Εὐριπίδιον· Ἀριστοφάνης. ἐρωτικὴν μιμεῖται φωνήν. οἱ γὰρ ἐρῶντες εἰώθασι τοὺς ἐρωμένους ἐρωτικῶς δι' ὑποκορισμῶν καλεῖν.
Betacode
*eu)ripi/dh *eu)ripi/dion: *)aristofa/nhs. e)rwtikh\n mimei=tai fwnh/n. oi( ga\r e)rw=ntes ei)w/qasi tou\s e)rwme/nous e)rwtikw=s di' u(pokorismw=n kalei=n.
Notes (2)
- 1Aristophanes, Acharnians 404, with comment from the scholia there. For Euripides see generally epsilon 3695. ↩
- 2Other instances of the 'wheedling diminutive' (Dover) in Aristophanes: Clouds 80, 132, 221-2, 746. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Nov 2012
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- Revised — David Whitehead
- added keyword — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead