Μασώμενος
chewing
Translated by Nick Nicholas21 Apr 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[A participle of a verb] of the 2[nd] conjugation of the contract verbs. From masw=, masa=|s ["I chew, you chew"],1 like gelw=, gela=|s ["I laugh, you laugh"]. [It occurs] in Aristophanes in Plutus.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μασώμενος· βʹ συζυγίας τῶν περισπωμένων. ἀπὸ τοῦ μασῶ, μασᾷς· ὡς γελῶ, γελᾷς. παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει ἐν Πλούτῳ.
Betacode
*masw/menos: b# suzugi/as tw=n perispwme/nwn. a)po\ tou= masw=, masa=|s: w(s gelw=, gela=|s. para\ *)aristofa/nei e)n *plou/tw|.
Notes (2)
- 1In Classical Greek (outside lexicography) the verb is middle voice, as in the headword participle itself. The first active instance extant is in the Sibylline Oracles 3.329, but active use was extremely rare until Modern Greek. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 321 (web address 1); also twice elsewhere in this author (Knights 717, Wasps 780). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 17 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaks, link, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas