Κέαρ

heart

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Oct 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

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Aristophanes calls the heart [ke/ar]: "... how I was delighted in my heart ..."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κέαρ· τὴν καρδίαν φησὶν Ἀριστοφάνης· ἐφ' ᾧγε τὸ κέαρ εὐφράνθην.

Betacode

*ke/ar: th\n kardi/an fhsi\n *)aristofa/nhs: e)f' w(=|ge to\ ke/ar eu)fra/nqhn.

Notes

Aristophanes uses the archaic/poetic word ke/ar in a paratragic passage: Acharnians 5 (web address 1), quoted here with scholiastic comment. Cf. kappa 354.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

κ354Καραδοκεῖwatches with head outstretched[Meaning he/she/it] expects, looks out. [The terms comes] from the [phrase] watching [dokeu/ein] with the head [ka/ra], that is watching and looking at and hoping, or to look forward with the head while expecting…

Neighbouring entries

κ1211Καὶ χερσίand with hands κ1212ΚεάδανKeadas κ1213Κέαρheart κ1214Κέαταιthey lie, they lie down κ1215ΚέβηςKebes, Cebes

Revision history2 revisions · last 21 Jul 2019

21 Jul 2019cross-reference — Catharine Roth
14 Oct 2008more keywords — David Whitehead
14 Oct 2008Translated — Catharine Roth