Μυᾶτε
grimace
Translated by William Hutton5 Aug 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
To grimace is to draw the lips together toward each other. The same thing is also called 'to pout'. But some [sc. explain the phrase in Aristophanes as] you [women] draw your eyes shut in displeasure. Or just like mice1 you slink away and you wink. Or you pout or you sneer. Aristophanes [writes]: "why do you grimace at me and shake your heads? Why has your skin changed color? Why are you shedding a tear?"2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μυᾶτε· μυᾶν ἐστι τὸ τὰ χείλη πρὸς ἄλληλα συνάγειν. τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ καὶ μύλλειν λέγεται. τινὲς δέ, τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς συνάγετε δυσαρεστοῦσαι. ἢ ὥσπερ μύες καταδύεσθε καὶ σκαρδαμύσσεσθε. ἢ μύλλετε ἢ μυκτηρίζετε. Ἀριστοφάνης· τί μοι μυᾶτε κἀνανεύετε; τί χρὼς τέτραπται; τί δάκρυον κατείβεται;
Betacode
*mua=te: mua=n e)sti to\ ta\ xei/lh pro\s a)/llhla suna/gein. to\ de\ au)to\ kai\ mu/llein le/getai. tine\s de/, tou\s o)fqalmou\s suna/gete dusarestou=sai. h)\ w(/sper mu/es katadu/esqe kai\ skardamu/ssesqe. h)\ mu/llete h)\ mukthri/zete. *)aristofa/nhs: ti/ moi mua=te ka)naneu/ete; ti/ xrw\s te/traptai; ti/ da/kruon katei/betai;
Notes (2)
- 1An (improbable) etymological connection is being suggested between the headword,
mua=te and 'mice'mu=es . ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Lysistrata 126-7 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia; cf. mu 1366. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Sep 2020
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- upgraded link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton