Κακερουτίας
and you were tossing your horns
Translated by Jennifer Benedict7 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "you were flapping your wings and you were tossing your horns."1 Meaning you got excited and puffed up. The term ["toss your horns"] [comes] from horn-bearing [creatures].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κακερουτίας· Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀνωρτάλιζες κἀκερουτίας. ἀντὶ τοῦ μετεωρίζου, μέγα ἐφρόνεις. ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν κερατοφορούντων ἡ λέξις.
Betacode
*kakerouti/as: *)aristofa/nhs: a)nwrta/lizes ka)kerouti/as. a)nti\ tou= metewri/zou, me/ga e)fro/neis. a)po\ de\ tw=n keratoforou/ntwn h( le/cis.