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Ἐκύκα · was mixing up (ε 698) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε698

ε694models [on]
ε695to gamble (everything) on dice
ε696was pregnant with
ε697conceived
ε698was mixing up
ε699wheels out
ε700[he] was rolling before his feet
ε701ekulos, ekylos
ε702to be cast up by the waves

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε698

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Ἐκύκα

was mixing up

Translated by David Whitehead15 Mar 2007Vetting: high6 revisions

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4 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] was agitating.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκύκα· ἐτάρασσεν.

Betacode

*)eku/ka: e)ta/rassen.

Notes

The headword is quoted from Aristophanes, Peace 270, where it refers to the effect of Kleon (kappa 1731) on Greece (web address 1).
For the gloss cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 10.235, where it occurs in a more literal (culinary) sense (web address 2).
See also kappa 2635, kappa 2658.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε696Ἐκύειwas pregnant with ε697Ἐκύησενconceived ε698Ἐκύκαwas mixing up ε699Ἐκκυκλεῖwheels out ε700<20Ἐκυλινδεῖτο πρὸ τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ[he] was rolling before his feet

Revision history6 revisions · last 2 Jan 2017

2 Jan 2017fixed link — Catharine Roth
11 Aug 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
10 Aug 2012Revised — David Whitehead
16 Mar 2007augmented note — David Whitehead
15 Mar 2007added cross-references — Catharine Roth
15 Mar 2007added links, set status — Catharine Roth
15 Mar 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐκύκα (Adler number epsilon 698), trans. David Whitehead, 15 Mar 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/698

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