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Κατεσικέλιζε · he was Sicilizing down (κ 987) · Suda

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κ983have dropped off, have fallen off
κ984was doused, was snuffed out
κ985was shaking down, was flooring
κ986was signaling
κ987he was Sicilizing down
κ988having been reduced to a skeleton
κ989having dried up
κ990fell upon
κ991having become a skeleton

Suda/Κ kappa/κ987

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Κατεσικέλιζε

he was Sicilizing down

Translated by David Whitehead17 Jul 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning] he began to eat a Sicilian cheese.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατεσικέλιζε· κατήσθιε Σικελικὸν τυρόν.

Betacode

*katesike/lize: kath/sqie *sikeliko\n turo/n.

Notes

A nonsense-verb in Aristophanes, Wasps 911 (web address 1). This whole scene (891-1008) is a mock-prosecution of "Labes" (= the general Laches), by his enemy Dog (= Kleon: kappa 1731), for stealing and eating a Sicilian cheese. The Athenians had campaigned in Sicily between 427 and 424 BCE (just a few years before Wasps was staged), and Thucydides 4.65 records the trial and conviction, on bribe-taking charges, of the three generals who had been in command at the end. Laches had served earlier (427 and 426), but evidently there was still some comic mileage in such a charge where he was concerned.

References

Aristophanes, Wasps, edited with introduction and commentary by Douglas M. MacDowell (Oxford 1971) 163-4 and 249-50

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

κ985Κατέσειεwas shaking down, was flooring κ986Κατεσήμαινενwas signaling κ987Κατεσικέλιζεhe was Sicilizing down κ988Κατεσκελετευμέναhaving been reduced to a skeleton κ989Κατεσκειρωμένηhaving dried up

Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Feb 2013

8 Feb 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
7 Feb 2013Revised — David Whitehead
19 Oct 2003cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Jul 2001added link — Catharine Roth
17 Jul 2001Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κατεσικέλιζε (Adler number kappa 987), trans. David Whitehead, 17 Jul 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/987

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗