Νάπυ

mustard

Translated by David Whitehead7 Sep 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 38 words
[An alternative term for] si/nhpi.1
"And [the Council] looked mustard and raised its eyebrows." [Meaning] it looked at [him] sharply and angrily -- for mustard [is] sharp -- and knitted its eyebrows.2
Unnaturally, so to speak, or ill-naturedly.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νάπυ· σίνηπι. κἄβλεψε νάπυ καὶ τὰ μέτωπ' ἀνέσπασεν. ἐπέβλεψε δριμὺ καὶ ὀργίλον [δριμὺ γὰρ τὸ νάπυ], καὶ τὰς ὀφρῦς συνέστειλεν. τὸ ὡς εἰπεῖν ἀφυὲς ἤτοι κακοφυές.

Betacode
*na/pu: si/nhpi. ka)/bleye na/pu kai\ ta\ me/twp' a)ne/spasen. e)pe/bleye drimu\ kai\ o)rgi/lon [drimu\ ga\r to\ na/pu], kai\ ta\s o)fru=s sune/steilen. to\ w(s ei)pei=n a)fue\s h)/toi kakofue/s.

Notes (2)

  1. 1(sigma 457.) Likewise in other lexica: see the references at Photius nu28 Theodoridis. ↩
  2. 2Aristophanes, Knights 631 (web address 1), with scholion. The accentuation of the headword, there and elsewhere, is na=pu. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

ν32ΝάπιςNapisν33Νάποςglen, gulleyν34Νάπυmustardν35Ναρβὼν ἢ ΝαρβωνησίαNarbon or Narbonesiaν36Νάρδοςnard-oil, spikenard-oil
Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Jun 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented n.2; another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. added link and keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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