Ἡμεδαπός
native, of our country
Translated by Catharine Roth21 Aug 2006Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Meaning ours.1 Aristophanes [writes]: "the style of the expressions, at any rate, [is] native."2
And elsewhere: "and let us play a game, remembering a parasite of our country."3
Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural]h(medapw=n , [meaning] [our] own, native, autochthonous. For da/pedon ["floor"] [means] the foundation, whence also podapo/s ["from what country?"] is used meaning what kind of, or of what country or of what fatherland.4
And elsewhere: "and let us play a game, remembering a parasite of our country."3
Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural]