Κατάρδων
besprinkling
Translated by David Whitehead23 Jul 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning someone] pouring out promises and soaking you with praises like plants. Aristophanes [sc. means by this] not deceiving, nor giving fees to people to have them praise him, "nor besprinkling, but teaching what is best."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κατάρδων· χέων ὑποσχέσεις καὶ καταβρέχων ὑμᾶς τοῖς ἐπαίνοις ὡς φυτά. Ἀριστοφάνης οὐκ ἀπατῶν, οὐδέ τισι μισθοὺς διδούς, ἵνα αὐτὸν ἐπαινέσωσιν, οὔτε κατάρδων, ἀλλὰ τὰ βέλτιστα διδάσκων.
Betacode
*kata/rdwn: xe/wn u(posxe/seis kai\ katabre/xwn u(ma=s toi=s e)pai/nois w(s futa/. *)aristofa/nhs ou)k a)patw=n, ou)de/ tisi misqou\s didou/s, i(/na au)to\n e)paine/swsin, ou)/te kata/rdwn, a)lla\ ta\ be/ltista dida/skwn.
Notes (1)
- The headword -- present participle, masculine nominative singular, of
kata/rdw -- is extracted from the quotation given. - 1Aristophanes, Acharnians 658 (web address 1), with scholion. The chorus-leader, here in the parabasis, describes Aristophanes himself. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 10 Apr 2013
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead