Γραιοσόβαι
accosters of old women
Translated by Jennifer Benedict18 Jul 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning those] who scare away the old women from the fish[mongers] so they will not do their marketing; or those sleeping with old women: for "accosters" [sobades] are prostitutes.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γραιοσόβαι· ἀπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων ἀποσοβοῦντες τὰς γραΐδας ὡς μὴ ἀγοράζειν· ἢ γραΐσι συγκοιμώμενοι· σοβάδες γὰρ αἱ πόρναι.
Betacode
*graioso/bai: a)po\ tw=n i)xqu/wn a)posobou=ntes ta\s grai/+das w(s mh\ a)gora/zein: h)\ grai/+si sugkoimw/menoi: soba/des ga\r ai( po/rnai.
Notes
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 812, where the headword occurs (web address 1). See also the entry on sobades [sigma 754]; and cf. mu 457.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
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- μ457ΜελάνθιοςMelanthios, Melanthius[Melanthios/Melanthios] and Morsimos/Morsimus: Aristophanes speaks of them as follows: "both gorgons, devourers of dainties, gluttons for skate, harpies, fuckers of old whores, disgusting characters, arm-pits smelling…
- μ1260ΜόρσιμονMorsimos, Morsimus[Morsimos] and Melanthios, Aristophanes attacks them both by speaking as follows: "Gorgons of gluttony, skate-scoping Harpies, loathsome hag-fuckers, goat-stench armpits, fish banes; expectorate [kataxremyame/nh] a big,…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 29 Sep 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added link — Catharine Roth
- added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict