Κιχλίζειν
to giggle, to titter
Translated by Nick Nicholas30 Nov 2008Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κιχλίζειν· τὸ λιπαροὺς ὄρτυγας ἐσθίειν, ἢ τὸ γελᾶν ἀτάκτως. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· κιχλίζων εἰς χρεμέτισμα γάμου προκέλευθον ἱεῖσα.
Betacode
*kixli/zein: to\ liparou\s o)/rtugas e)sqi/ein, h)\ to\ gela=n a)ta/ktws. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: kixli/zwn ei)s xreme/tisma ga/mou proke/leuqon i(ei=sa.
Notes (2)
- 1The gloss is from the scholia vetera to Aristophanes, Clouds 983, where the headword infinitive occurs (web address 1). The proper meaning of
kixli/zein is "to giggle", fromki/xlh "thrush", kappa 1693 (that is, to sound like a thrush); cf. also kappa 1695. As LSJ s.v.kixli/zw points out, the alternative definition construes the verb as "eating thrushes". See also under rho 55. ↩ - 2Greek Anthology 5.245.1 (Macedonius the Consul): "you giggle...." (The addressee is feminine, but the Suda cites the verb as a masculine participle.) See another quote from this epigram, in which the poet scornfully rejects the advances of a courtesan, at pi 2058; cf. Madden (150-156). ↩
References
J.A. Madden, Macedonius Consul: The Epigrams, (Hildesheim 1995)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ι717Ἴσχεινto keep[Meaning] to hold. "It was not permissible [...] to chirp or to keep one's feet crosswise." Aristophanes says: "the door never keeps to receive them as guests." Meaning prevents, shuts out. In reference to those who…
- κ1693ΚίχλαthrushA kind of bird.
- κ1695Κιχλισμόςgiggling[Meaning] soft and unbridled laughter.
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Revision history7 revisions · last 13 Aug 2023
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- tweaked reference — Catharine Roth
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- tweaking — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Nick Nicholas