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Κἄχεζεν · and he was taking a shit (κ 1150) · 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 κ1150

κ1146boasting
κ1147spirit
κ1148of a vixen, vixen's
κ1149Kaphye, Caphye
κ1150and he was taking a shit
κ1151disaffected, sickly
κ1152ill-health
κ1153bubbles
κ1154pebbles; gravel

Suda/Κ kappa/κ1150

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Κἄχεζεν

and he was taking a shit

Translated by Nick Nicholas10 Oct 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

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2 notes · 12 words

Translation

Aristophanes¹ [sc. uses this word] instead of 'and he was relieving himself'.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κἄχεζεν· Ἀριστοφάνης, ἀντὶ τοῦ καὶ ἀπεπάτει.

Betacode

*ka)/xezen: *)aristofa/nhs, a)nti\ tou= kai\ a)pepa/tei.

Notes (2)

The headword is a crasis of kai\ e)/xezen, i.e. 'and' plus the third person singular imperfect of the verb xe/zw. The form was likelier to need glossing because of the crasis than for unfamiliarity of the verb itself, since xe/zw has survived into Modern Greek.
1Aristophanes, Acharnians 82 (web address 1). Adler indicates that this entry was copied from kappa 184 (ka)/kxezen). Apparently the text of Aristophanes varied between using xe/zw and the compound e)kxe/zw "I shit out" (LSJ s.v.; web address 2). ↩
2The euphemism used in the gloss (a)popate/w lit. "to step away", in LSJ. s.v. "retire to ease oneself"), indicates that xe/zw was felt to be vulgar by the lexicographer. (The scholiast of Aristophanes uses a)pedh/mei, "travelled away" for this word.) ↩

External resources

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

Linked from1 entry

κ184Κἄκχεζενand he was taking a shitAristophanes [sc. uses this word] to mean 'and he was relieving himself'.

Neighbouring entries

κ1148Καφώρηςof a vixen, vixen's κ1149ΚαφύηKaphye, Caphye κ1150Κἄχεζενand he was taking a shit κ1151Καχέκταιdisaffected, sickly κ1152Καχεξίαill-health

Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Feb 2013

12 Feb 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
11 Feb 2013cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Oct 2008more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Oct 2008cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
10 Oct 2008Translated — Nick Nicholas

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κἄχεζεν (Adler number kappa 1150), trans. Nick Nicholas, 10 Oct 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/1150

Translation by Nick Nicholas 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 ↗