Καταπυγωνέστερον
more disgraceful
Translated by Ross Scaife ✝20 Mar 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] softer, more whorish. "There would no longer seem to be anything more disgraceful".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καταπυγωνέστερον· μαλακώτερον, πορνικώτερον. οὐκέτι δόξειέ τι ἄλλο τι καταπυγωνέστερον εἶναι.
Betacode
*katapugwne/steron: malakw/teron, pornikw/teron. ou)ke/ti do/ceie/ ti a)/llo ti katapugwne/steron ei)=nai.
Notes
- Mangled quotation of Aristophanes, Lysistrata 775-6 ("no longer shall any bird, or whatever, seem to be more disgraceful": web address 1), with scholion.
See also kappa 736, kappa 737, kappa 738.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 6 Sep 2013
- tweaked note and link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ross Scaife ✝