Κατατεμῶ σε τοῖς ἱππεῦσιν ἐς καττύματα

I will cut you up into shoe-soles for the knights

Translated by David Whitehead30 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

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Shoe-soles are certain hides, strong and hard, which formed the bottoms of sandals and other footwear.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατατεμῶ σε τοῖς ἱππεῦσιν ἐς καττύματα· καττύματα δέ ἐστι δέρματά τινα ἰσχυρὰ καὶ σκληρά, ἅπερ τοῖς σανδαλίοις καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ὑποδήμασιν ὑποβάλλεται.

Betacode

*katatemw= se toi=s i(ppeu=sin e)s kattu/mata: kattu/mata de/ e)sti de/rmata/ tina i)sxura\ kai\ sklhra/, a(/per toi=s sandali/ois kai\ toi=s a)/llois u(podh/masin u(poba/lletai.

Notes

The headword phrase is an approximation of Aristophanes, Acharnians 301 (web address 1), and the comment from the scholia there.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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κ1129Κάττυμαstitched-leather[Meaning] deceit, trickery. Aristophanes [writes]: "[Kleon,] whom one day I shall personally flay to make sandals for the knights." But kattymata are strong and hard pieces of leather, which are placed under sandals and…

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κ815Κατατεθήπεσανthey were astonished [at]κ816Κατατέλεαduties κ817Κατατεμῶ σε τοῖς ἱππεῦσιν ἐς καττύματαI will cut you up into shoe-soles for the knights κ818Κατατείνας ἐρῶI will speak stretching out κ819Κατατείνουσανstretching out

Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Apr 2016

29 Apr 2016Revised — David Whitehead
6 Feb 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 Sep 2003added keyword — David Whitehead
9 Sep 2003Added link; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
30 Nov 2000Translated — David Whitehead

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes

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