Γομφοπαγῆ ῥήματα
bolt-fastened expressions
Translated by Catharine Roth24 Nov 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Meaning very precise [ones], much-compounded [ones]. Aristophanes [is speaking] about Aeschylus.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γομφοπαγῆ ῥήματα· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀκριβέστατα, πολυσύνθετα. περὶ Αἰσχύλου Ἀριστοφάνης.
Betacode
*gomfopagh= r(h/mata: a)nti\ tou= a)kribe/stata, polusu/nqeta. peri\ *ai)sxu/lou *)aristofa/nhs.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Frogs 824 (where this phrase in the neuter plural occurs: web address 1 below), with scholion. The image is of compound words so long that they need bolts to hold them together.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Jun 2012
- modified link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified headword; augmented note; minor cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth