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Καλὰ δὴ παταγεῖς · you are hitting very well (κ 190) · Suda

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Near κ190

κ186logs, spars, woods
κ187Kalabria, Calabria
κ188Kalabria, Calabria, Kalaureia, Calauria
κ189crook
κ190you are hitting very well
κ191Kalais, Calais
κ192gleans
κ193stalk-cutting
κ194stalk

Suda/Κ kappa/κ190

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Καλὰ δὴ παταγεῖς

you are hitting very well

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Mar 2008Vetting: high6 revisions

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6 words

Translation

Meaning you are saying [it so].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καλὰ δὴ παταγεῖς· ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγεις.

Betacode

*kala\ dh\ patagei=s: a)nti\ tou= le/geis.

Notes

The headword phrase literally means "you are clashing/clattering very well." It appears in Plato, Euthydemus 293D (web address 1 below), and the entry derives from a gloss on the passage. Same or similar entries in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon.
The idiom has been taken (in LSJ and elsewhere) to derive from a noisy sort of game, platagh/ or platagw/n (sic); see the LSJ entries on both of these in web address 2 and web address 3. However, note also alpha 4121, pi 1697 and pi 1698 on a similarly-named percussion instrument.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

κ188ΚαλαβρίαKalabria, Calabria, Kalaureia, Calauria κ189Καλάβροψcrook κ190Καλὰ δὴ παταγεῖςyou are hitting very well κ191ΚάλαϊςKalais, Calais κ192Καλαμᾶταιgleans

Revision history6 revisions · last 21 Mar 2019

21 Mar 2019cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
29 Apr 2016tweaked note — David Whitehead
22 Dec 2014coding — Catharine Roth
22 Aug 2013upgraded links — Catharine Roth
23 Jan 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
10 Mar 2008modified and augmented note; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Mar 2008Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Καλὰ δὴ παταγεῖς (Adler number kappa 190), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 10 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/190

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗