Κυρηβάσει
will head-butt
Translated by William Hutton26 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
'Head-butting' is the term for the battle with horns that goes on among insensate animals. Or the collisions of rams. Aristophanes [writes]: "but if he slips out in this way, he will head-butt against my leg." [Meaning] he would fight against his leg. Or he will fall, if he were to slip away, or flee.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κυρηβάσει· κυρηβασία λέγεται ἡ διὰ κεράτων μάχη, ἥπερ ἐν τοῖς ἀλόγοις ζῴοις γίνεται. ἢ αἱ πλήξεις τῶν τράγων. Ἀριστοφάνης· εἰ δ' ἐκκλίνει γε δευρί, πρὸς σκέλος κυρηβάσει. ἂν πρὸς τὸ σκέλος μαχεῖται. ἢ διαπεσεῖται, ἐὰν ὑποσταλῇ, ἢ φύγῃ.
Betacode
*kurhba/sei: kurhbasi/a le/getai h( dia\ kera/twn ma/xh, h(/per e)n toi=s a)lo/gois zw/|ois gi/netai. h)\ ai( plh/ceis tw=n tra/gwn. *)aristofa/nhs: ei) d' e)kkli/nei ge deuri/, pro\s ske/los kurhba/sei. a)\n pro\s to\ ske/los maxei=tai. h)\ diapesei=tai, e)a\n u(postalh=|, h)\ fu/gh|.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Knights 272 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia.
cf. generally kappa 2752.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Mar 2013
- x-ref; tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaks to tr; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmeticule — Jennifer Benedict
- typo, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton