Λίθῳ
at the stone
Translated by David Whitehead23 Jul 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] at the [sc. speakers'] platform. "Babbling in our old age, we [sc. veterans] took our stand at the stone."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λίθῳ· τῷ βήματι. Ἀριστοφάνης· τονθορύζοντες δὲ τῷ γήρᾳ, τῷ λίθῳ προσέσταμεν.
Betacode
*li/qw|: tw=| bh/mati. *)aristofa/nhs: tonqoru/zontes de\ tw=| gh/ra|, tw=| li/qw| prose/stamen.
Notes (1)
- The headword, in the dative case, is extracted from the quotation given. See also beta 257, beta 258.
- 1Aristophanes, Acharnians 683, with scholion. (For 'babbling' cf. tau 763.) ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 18 Apr 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; another keyword — David Whitehead
- tweaks, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead