Κέχηνεν ὥσπερ ἐμποδίζων ἰσχάδας
he gaped as if stopping dried figs
Translated by David Whitehead19 Jul 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [says this].1 "Stopping" means chewing. Or from opening the mouth wide to take a fig.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κέχηνεν ὥσπερ ἐμποδίζων ἰσχάδας· Ἀριστοφάνης. ἐμποδίζων, ἀντὶ τοῦ μασώμενος. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὸν σῦκα λαμβάνοντα χάσκειν.
Betacode
*ke/xhnen w(/sper e)mpodi/zwn i)sxa/das: *)aristofa/nhs. e)mpodi/zwn, a)nti\ tou= masw/menos. h)\ a)po\ tou= to\n su=ka lamba/nonta xa/skein.
Notes (1)
- 1Aristophanes, Knights 755 (web address 1). Comment from the scholiasts there now follows. They were clearly puzzled by the word; cf. still LSJ s.v. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- κ1461ΚέχηναI gapeEquivalent to I accept, or I beg.
- κ1462Κεχήνατεyou gape[Meaning] you are deceived, you are stupid.
- 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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