Μυχθίζεις
you are sneering at
Translated by Miranda Robinson19 Aug 2009Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μυχθίζεις· χλευάζεις, μυκτηρίζεις. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· καὶ σιμὰ σεσηρὼς μυχθίζεις· τάχα που σαρδάνιον γελάσεις.
Betacode
*muxqi/zeis: xleua/zeis, mukthri/zeis. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: kai\ sima\ seshrw\s muxqi/zeis: ta/xa pou sarda/nion gela/seis.
Notes (2)
- The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is present active indicative, second person singular, of the verb
muxqi/zw (LSJ entry at web address 1). - 1For these glosses cf. Hesychius mu2002 s.v.
muxqi/zousi . ↩ - 2Greek Anthology 5.179.3-4 (Meleager [Author, Myth]); cf. sigma 427. On this epigram, in which the poet inverts a traditional theme with scoffing Eros depicted as pursued by the lover, see Gow and Page, vol. I (218) and vol. II (611-612). ↩
References
Cameron, Alan. The Greek Anthology: from Meleager to Planudes. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history8 revisions · last 26 Jul 2022
- expanded n.2, added to bibliography, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- removed keyword — Ronald Allen
- tweaked translation after consultation with Managing Editor Catharine Roth — Ronald Allen
- tweaked reference — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- pruned links — Catharine Roth
- x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Miranda Robinson