Νωτίζω

I turn my back

Translated by Robert Leigh29 Sep 2009Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 28 words

[Meaning] I turn round my back.¹
Also [sc. attested is the aorist infinitive] nwti/sai, [meaning] to drive away.² From a metaphor of those presenting their backs in flight.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νωτίζω· τὰ νῶτα μεταστρέφω. καὶ Νωτίσαι, ἀπελάσαι. ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν τὰ νῶτα διδόντων ἐν ταῖς φυγαῖς.

Betacode

*nwti/zw: ta\ nw=ta metastre/fw. kai\ *nwti/sai, a)pela/sai. a)po\ metafora=s tw=n ta\ nw=ta dido/ntwn e)n tai=s fugai=s.

Notes (2)

1Backs, in the Greek (though not English) idiom. Similar glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ↩
2Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 193 (where this aorist infinitive occurs with a cognate accusative), with scholion. See web address 1. ↩

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Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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ε1420ἘνωτίζωI take into my ears[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I hear. Also [sc. attested is the imperative] e)nw/tisai, [meaning] hear, make it be in your ears. But e)nw/tise ["he/she/it backed"] [means he/she/it] covered the backs.

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ν518ΝουμήνιοςNumenius, Noumenios ν519ΝουμήςNoumes, Numes ν567ΝωτίζωI turn my back χ1ΧαβρίαςKhabrias,Chabrias χ2ΧαγάνοςKhagan, Khan

Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Dec 2020

1 Dec 2020tweaked link — Catharine Roth
19 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
18 Jun 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
29 Sep 2009added link — Catharine Roth
29 Sep 2009augmented and modified notes; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
29 Sep 2009Translated — Robert Leigh

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (2)

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