Λόχμας
thickets
Translated by Richard Rodriguez15 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] densely-planted places. Aristophanes [writes]: "I have armpits denser than a thicket, as was agreed."1 The women grew out [their] hair, so that, whenever they voted, they would look like men.2 Also, "having rubbed oil upon [her] entire body during the day"3 she warmed herself in the sun in order to become tanned like a man.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λόχμας· συμφύτους τόπους. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἔχω τὰς μασχάλας λόχμης δασυτέρας, ὥσπερ ἦν ξυγκείμενον. ἔθρεψαν αἱ γυναῖκες τρίχας, ἵν', ὅταν χειροτονῶσι, δοκῶσιν ἄνδρες εἶναι. καί, ἀλειψαμένη τὸ σῶμ' ὅλον δι' ἡμέρας ἐχλιαίνετο πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον ὥστε μελανθῆναι ὡς ἀνήρ.
Betacode
*lo/xmas: sumfu/tous to/pous. *)aristofa/nhs: e)/xw ta\s masxa/las lo/xmhs dasute/ras, w(/sper h)=n cugkei/menon. e)/qreyan ai( gunai=kes tri/xas, i(/n', o(/tan xeirotonw=si, dokw=sin a)/ndres ei)=nai. kai/, a)leiyame/nh to\ sw=m' o(/lon di' h(me/ras e)xliai/neto pro\s to\n h(/lion w(/ste melanqh=nai w(s a)nh/r.
Notes (4)
- The headword, evidently quoted from somewhere, is the accusative plural of
lo/xmh (lambda 715, lambda 716). - 1Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 60-61 (with
kaqa/per for the Suda'sw(/sper ). ↩ - 2From the scholia thereto. ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 63 (web address 1). See further, next note. ↩
- 4From the scholia to line 64 (paraphrasing it). NB: the transmitted text of the line has the verb
e)xliaino/mhn , but editors have adopted Bergk's emendation toe)xraino/mhn . ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- λ714Λοχμαία μοῦσαmuse of the thicket[Meaning] the [muse] of the birds. For they are accustomed to sing while hidden in the thickets.
- λ716Λόχμηthicket[Meaning] a dense place. [One] slanting, over-grown, and thickly-wooded. "Entering some thicket, the crowd of women and adolescent boys were awaiting their opportunity."
- λ717ΛόχμιοςthicketedIn the Epigrams: "to the one who haunts a thicketed [sc. place]." That is, a dense [one].
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Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Apr 2013
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- moved link to web address field — Catharine Roth
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- augmented (and pruned) notes; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Richard Rodriguez