Κατεμελίτωσεν
spread with honey
Translated by Catharine Roth22 Aug 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] filled with sweetness. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "how it [sc. the nightingale's voice] spread the whole thicket with honey!"
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κατεμελίτωσεν· ἡδύτητος ἐπλήρωσεν. Ἀριστοφάνης Ὄρνισιν· οἷον κατεμελίτωσε τὴν λόχμην ὅλην.
Betacode
*katemeli/twsen: h(du/thtos e)plh/rwsen. *)aristofa/nhs *)/ornisin: oi(=on katemeli/twse th\n lo/xmhn o(/lhn.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Birds 224 (from which the headword is extracted: web address 1), with scholion.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 11 Feb 2013
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth