Κωμῳδολοιχῶν περὶ τὸν εὖ πράττοντ' ἀεί
always clown-licking the man who is prospering
Translated by Catharine Roth24 Feb 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [sc. says this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κωμῳδολοιχῶν περὶ τὸν εὖ πράττοντ' ἀεί· Ἀριστοφάνης.
Betacode
*kwmw|doloixw=n peri\ to\n eu)= pra/ttont' a)ei/: *)aristofa/nhs.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Wasps 1318 (web address 1); this immediately follows the quotation at the end of kappa 2254.
The verb in this phrase is 'a lively compound found nowhere else and perhaps invented by Ar.' (D.M. MacDowell); it is rendered more loosely as 'playing the parasite' in LSJ s.v., i.e. sucking up to someone.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 May 2016
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- Translated — Catharine Roth