Καταδαρθάνειν
to fall asleep
Translated by Mage Macchione24 Mar 2008Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to be put to sleep.1
Properlykatadarqei=n 2 is to be put to sleep in skins [de/rmata ].3 Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "you will no longer be able to fall asleep in a bed."4
Attic [speakers read]katada/rqein with barytone accent.5
And Aelian [writes]: "and some one of the priests seemed to say to him, as he was falling sleep, that there is one way of safety for the man and one drug of [= effective against] established evils."6
Properly
Attic [speakers read]
And Aelian [writes]: "and some one of the priests seemed to say to him, as he was falling sleep, that there is one way of safety for the man and one drug of [= effective against] established evils."6