Κυρκανᾶν

to stir up

Translated by William Hutton6 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

[Meaning] to disturb, to set in motion.¹ "To me it seems right to stir up some disaster for him somehow or other."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κυρκανᾶν· ταράττειν, κινεῖν. ἐμοὶ τούτῳ δοκεῖ, ὄλεθρόν τινα κυρκανᾶν ἀμωσγέπως.

Betacode

*kurkana=n: tara/ttein, kinei=n. e)moi\ tou/tw| dokei=, o)/leqro/n tina kurkana=n a)mwsge/pws.

Notes (2)

1cf. Photius, kappa1254 Theodoridis; Hesychius kappa4691; Erotian 55.1 (Klein p. 89.10). ↩
2Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 428-429 (web address 1), with glosses from the scholia; cf. kappa 2534. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

κ2769ΚυρίτωνQuirites κ2770ΚυρσίλοςKyrsilos, Cyrsilus κ2771Κυρκανᾶνto stir up κ2772Κύρμαstroke of luck, windfall κ2773ΚύρνοςKyrnos, Cyrnus

Revision history4 revisions · last 2 May 2016

2 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
25 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
6 Mar 2008augmented notes, corrected my own typo — William Hutton
6 Mar 2008tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Mar 2008Translated — William Hutton