Κημὸν καταμηλῶν

Aristophanes [writes]: "then I force them to vomit up all they have robbed from me [, probing down with a funnel]".¹ They say "to probe down" of a doctor sending a probe down into the throat, as those who vomit do.² The whole [passage] means that by voting against them and condemning them I force them to vomit out what they have robbed.³