Μὺ μῦ μὺ μῦ μὺ μῦ μὺ μῦ μὺ μῦ μὺ μῦ
mu mu - mu mu - mu mu - mu mu - mu mu - mu mu
Translated by David Whitehead20 Nov 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
They [sc. the "slaves" Demosthenes and Nikias] are saying this as if lamenting. It is an iamb, with the first u short but the second long.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μὺ μῦ, μὺ μῦ, μὺ μῦ, μὺ μῦ, μὺ μῦ, μὺ μῦ· τοῦτο ὡς θρηνοῦντές φασιν. ἔστι δὲ ἴαμβος, ἔχων τὸ μὲν πρῶτον υ βραχύ, τὸ δὲ δεύτερον μακρόν.
Betacode
*mu\ mu=, mu\ mu=, mu\ mu=, mu\ mu=, mu\ mu=, mu\ mu=: tou=to w(s qrhnou=nte/s fasin. e)/sti de\ i)/ambos, e)/xwn to\ me\n prw=ton u braxu/, to\ de\ deu/teron makro/n.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Knights 10 (text at web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. Can also serve as the sound of muttering: see LSJ s.v.
mu= , 2.
Cf. mu 1383.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Sep 2020
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead