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Καττύεται · is stitched together (κ 1127) · 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 κ1127

κ1123having lamented
κ1124being conceited
κ1125you know
κ1126of one having departed
κ1127is stitched together
κ1128stitches together
κ1129stitched-leather
κ1130Kaudo, Kaudos, Caudus
κ1131Kauthon's, of Kauthon

Suda/Κ kappa/κ1127

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Καττύεται

is stitched together

Translated by Nick Nicholas13 Oct 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 32 words

Translation

Standing for the [verb] is put together, is sewed together. Aristophanes [writes]: "I myself know [the place] from where, long since, this affair has been stitched together."¹ The metaphor [comes] from shoes.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καττύεται· ἀντὶ τοῦ συντίθεται, συρράπτεται. Ἀριστοφάνης· οἶδ' ἐγὼ τὸ πρᾶγμα ταῦθ' ὅθεν πάλαι καττύεται. ἡ μεταφορὰ ἀπὸ τῶν ὑποδημάτων.

Betacode

*kattu/etai: a)nti\ tou= sunti/qetai, surra/ptetai. *)aristofa/nhs: oi)=d' e)gw\ to\ pra=gma tau=q' o(/qen pa/lai kattu/etai. h( metafora\ a)po\ tw=n u(podhma/twn.

Notes (1)

[1] Aristophanes, Knights 314 (web address 1: read tou=q' for the Suda's tau=q'), with scholion; spoken by the "tanner" Kleon (kappa 1731).
2The Attic verb kattu/w (LSJ. s.v. kassu/w) is derived from kattu/s, "piece of leather", and refers literally to putting together shoes. In Aristophanes it is used in a metaphor for a plot being put together. See also kappa 1128, and cf. kappa 1129.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

κ1128Καττύειstitches together[Meaning he/she/it] prepares. [Meaning he/she/it] sews together, stitches together. "And they said that Baram was stitching together a war with forty thousand." For kattu/w [means] I sew tricks.
κ1129Κάττυμαstitched-leather[Meaning] deceit, trickery. Aristophanes [writes]: "[Kleon,] whom one day I shall personally flay to make sandals for the knights." But kattymata are strong and hard pieces of leather, which are placed under sandals and…

Neighbouring entries

κ1125Κάτοισθαyou know κ1126Κατοιχομένουof one having departed κ1127Καττύεταιis stitched together κ1128Καττύειstitches together κ1129Κάττυμαstitched-leather

Revision history4 revisions · last 11 Feb 2013

11 Feb 2013Revised — David Whitehead
14 Oct 2008augmented n.1; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
13 Oct 2008added link and cross-references, set status — Catharine Roth
13 Oct 2008cosmetics, keywords — Catharine Roth
13 Oct 2008Translated — Nick Nicholas

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Καττύεται (Adler number kappa 1127), trans. Nick Nicholas, 13 Oct 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/1127

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