Κεκυφότες
bent-forward, stooping
Translated by Nick Nicholas26 Oct 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Also [sc. attested is the aorist participle] ku/yas ["he having stooped"]. Aristophanes is speaking about a beetle: "how the cursed [creature], having stooped, eats."1 Through the expression he is indicating its gluttony. For those humans and animals who most particularly stoop into their food, and stick by it, seem to eat greedily and very eagerly.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κεκυφότες· καὶ Κύψας· Ἀριστοφάνης περὶ κανθάρου φησίν· οἷον δὲ κύψας ὁ κατάρατος ἐσθίει. διὰ τοῦ σχήματος τὴν ἀδδηφαγίαν αὐτοῦ δηλοῖ. καὶ γὰρ τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῶν θρεμμάτων οἱ μάλιστα τοῖς ἐδέσμασιν ἐγκεκυφότες καὶ προσκείμενοι δοκοῦσιν ἀπλήστως καὶ περισπουδάστως ἐσθίειν.
Betacode
*kekufo/tes: kai\ *ku/yas: *)aristofa/nhs peri\ kanqa/rou fhsi/n: oi(=on de\ ku/yas o( kata/ratos e)sqi/ei. dia\ tou= sxh/matos th\n a)ddhfagi/an au)tou= dhloi=. kai\ ga\r tw=n a)nqrw/pwn kai\ tw=n qremma/twn oi( ma/lista toi=s e)de/smasin e)gkekufo/tes kai\ proskei/menoi dokou=sin a)plh/stws kai\ perispouda/stws e)sqi/ein.
Notes (1)
- The unglossed primary headword is perfect participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb
ku/ptw ; perhaps quoted from Plato, Republic 586A. (Hesychius kappa2119 glosseskekufo/ta withtapeinou=nta .) - 1Aristophanes, Peace 33, with material from the scholia there. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 15 Feb 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas