Κροῦσις
chicanery
Translated by William Hutton22 Jun 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
i.e. testing; since vessels that are cracked are tested by being rung; seizure.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κροῦσις· ἤτοι δοκιμασία· ἐπεὶ τὰ σαθρὰ τῶν σκευῶν κροτούμενα δοκιμάζεται· ἡ ἁρπαγή.
Betacode
*krou=sis: h)/toi dokimasi/a: e)pei\ ta\ saqra\ tw=n skeuw=n krotou/mena dokima/zetai: h( a(rpagh/.
Notes (1)
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 318, where the headword occurs, in the accusative case, in the figurative sense translated here; see under kappa 622.
- 1Both meanings are hard to find attestations for, but the second may relate to uses of the word to mean 'deceive' or the like; cf. kappa 2586. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 18 Mar 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton