Μετρείτω
let [her] measure out
Translated by David Whitehead27 Sep 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] let [her] provide. Aristophanes [writes]: "let [Demeter] measure out wheat for the hungry".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μετρείτω· παρεχέτω. Ἀριστοφάνης· πυροὺς πεινῶσι μετρείτω.
Betacode
*metrei/tw: parexe/tw. *)aristofa/nhs: purou\s peinw=si metrei/tw.
Notes (1)
- 1Aristophanes, Birds 580 (web address 1), with the gloss of the scholia there. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 20 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead