Κεκριγότες Ἰλλυριοί
screeching Illyrians
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Dec 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [says this], meaning that they make a certain kind of vocal sound. They are "screeching" because of the unintelligibility of their voices. For kri/gh [screech] [is] the grating sound that people who are dying make with their teeth.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κεκριγότες Ἰλλυριοί· Ἀριστοφάνης. ἀντὶ τοῦ ποιὰν φωνὴν ἀποτελοῦντες. κεκριγότες οὖν διὰ τὴν ἀσάφειαν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτῶν. κρίγη γὰρ ὁ τῶν ἀποθνησκόντων τρισμός, τοῖς ὀδοῦσι γινόμενος.
Betacode
*kekrigo/tes *)illurioi/: *)aristofa/nhs. a)nti\ tou= poia\n fwnh\n a)potelou=ntes. kekrigo/tes ou)=n dia\ th\n a)sa/feian th=s fwnh=s au)tw=n. kri/gh ga\r o( tw=n a)poqnhsko/ntwn trismo/s, toi=s o)dou=si gino/menos.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Birds 1521 (web address 1), and scholion; cf. iota 327 and kappa 2415.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ι327ἸλλυριοίIllyrians[They are] Thracian barbarians, but some say that they are from Persia. And Aristophanes says: "screeching Illyrians." Meaning that they make a certain kind of vocal sound. They are "screeching" because of the…
- κ2415Κρίγηscreech[Meaning] the grating sound that people who are dying make with their teeth. And Aristophanes [writes]: "just like screeching Illyrians".
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