Κοπρία
dunghill, rubbish tip
Translated by David Whitehead31 Aug 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a mire.1
And Aristophanes [writes]: "I will dung you, if you mutter anything".2 Meaning, if you chatter on, I will cover you with dung. That is, I will fill [you] with dung.3
And Aristophanes [writes]: "I will dung you, if you mutter anything".2 Meaning, if you chatter on, I will cover you with dung. That is, I will fill [you] with dung.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κοπρία· ὁ πηλός. καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· κοπροφορήσω σ', εἴ τι γρύξεις. ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰ λαλήσεις, κόπρον σου καταφορήσω. τουτέστι κόπρου πληρώσω.
Betacode
*kopri/a: o( phlo/s. kai\ *)aristofa/nhs: koproforh/sw s', ei)/ ti gru/ceis. a)nti\ tou= ei) lalh/seis, ko/pron sou kataforh/sw. toute/sti ko/prou plhrw/sw.
Notes (3)
- 1Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ↩
- 2A garbled version of Aristophanes, Knights 294-5, where Kleon says "I will tear you to pieces if you mutter anything" and the Sausage-seller retorts "I will dung you if you chatter on". See web address 1. ↩
- 3From the scholia to this Aristophanic passage. It does not point out -- but J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 69 and 193 does -- that the verb here effectively means to bugger. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified translation — David Whitehead
- added link — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead