Κεχήνατε
you gape
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Sep 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] you are deceived, you are stupid.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κεχήνατε· ἐξαπατᾶσθε, ἐννεοί ἐστε.
Betacode
*kexh/nate: e)capata=sqe, e)nneoi/ e)ste.
Notes
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 133, where the headword occurs (web address 1).
cf. kappa 1461, kappa 1463, kappa 1464, kappa 1465, kappa 1466.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- κ1461ΚέχηναI gapeEquivalent to I accept, or I beg.
- κ1465ΚεχήνηI was open-mouthedThe contraction in kexh/nh [is] Attic. For they contract epsilon and alpha into eta, and it is a coalescence from kexh/nea. Those who are paying intense attention to something have their mouths open. It may be by way of…
- κ1466Κεχηνότεςgaping[Meaning they] looking with open mouth.
- κ1467Κεχηνότεςgaping[Meaning they who are] foolish. "Don't fly around, you gaping fools;" for the [verb] kexhne/nai is understood of stupid people. Aristophanes [says]: "don't fly all around gaping".
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- Translated — Catharine Roth