Μηδ' αὖ πλαδίῃ
don't talk nonsense again
Translated by David Whitehead7 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Meaning may this, which you are saying, not come near me.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μηδ' αὖ πλαδίῃ· ἀντὶ τοῦ μηδὲ πλησίον γένοιτό μοι τοῦτο, ὅπερ λέγεις.
Betacode
*mhd' au)= pladi/h|: a)nti\ tou= mhde\ plhsi/on ge/noito/ moi tou=to, o(/per le/geis.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Lysistrata 990 (web address 1), with scholion. A Spartan herald is speaking, and he uses a phrase in which the central word, an imperative purporting to be in Laconian dialect, should be spelled not
pladi/h| , as here, butpladdi/h . Its infinitivepladdih=n has occurred earlier (line 171). See generally LSJ s.v.pladdia/w , and pi 1680; also rho 323.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 20 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead