Καταμηλῶσαι
to probe, to sound
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Jul 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
is what they call it when a probe is inserted by the physician into the throat; as they also do who vomit, inserting the finger into the throat.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καταμηλῶσαι· λέγεται τὸ μήλην καθίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰατροῦ εἰς τὸν λαιμόν· ὡς ποιοῦσι καὶ οἱ ἐμοῦντες, τὸν δάκτυλον καθιέντες εἰς τὸν λαιμόν.
Betacode
*katamhlw=sai: le/getai to\ mh/lhn kaqi/zesqai u(po\ tou= i)atrou= ei)s to\n laimo/n: w(s poiou=si kai\ oi( e)mou=ntes, to\n da/ktulon kaqie/ntes ei)s to\n laimo/n.
Notes
- Aorist active infinitive of
katamhlo/w ; explained here broadly as in the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 1150 (where the present participle occurs).
See also kappa 652, kappa 1518, mu 940, mu 1059.
Linked from3 entries
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- κ1518Κημὸν καταμηλῶνprobing down with a funnelAristophanes [writes]: "then I force them to vomit up all they have robbed from me [, probing down with a funnel]". They say "to probe down" of a doctor sending a probe down into the throat, as those who vomit do. The…
- μ922Μήληprobe[Meaning] the medical [sc. instrument of that name]. [Note] that when a probe has been inserted into the eye, we do not apprehend the sensible objects, nor the air that happens to be between [sc. the eye and the probe],…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Feb 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference identified by Nick Nicholas — Catharine Roth
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth