Νωτοπλῆγα

back-struck, with scourged back

Translated by Robert Leigh29 Sep 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 27 words

[Meaning] him who deserves a whipping and receives blows on the back. Pherecrates in Drunkards [writes]: "and [tell] the back-struck [fellow] not to serve in a hurry".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νωτοπλῆγα· μαστιγίαν τὸν εἰς τὰ νῶτα τὰς πληγὰς λαμβάνοντα. Φερεκράτης Κραπατάλοις· καὶ νωτοπλῆγα μὴ ταχέως διακονεῖν.

Betacode

*nwtoplh=ga: mastigi/an to\n ei)s ta\ nw=ta ta\s plhga\s lamba/nonta. *ferekra/ths *krapata/lois: kai\ nwtoplh=ga mh\ taxe/ws diakonei=n.

Notes (1)

The headword adjective, in the accusative singular, appears with the same gloss in Photius (nu319 Theodoridis, from Aelius Dionysius nu16); cf. Pollux 2.180.
1Pherecrates [phi 212] fr. 94 K.-A. ↩

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ν566Νωταία θρίξback hair ν567ΝωτίζωI turn my back ν568Νωτοπλῆγαback-struck, with scourged back ν569Νῶτοςback ν570Νωτοφόροςbearer, porter

Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Dec 2014

24 Dec 2014Revised — David Whitehead
18 Jun 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
30 Sep 2009streamlined notes; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
29 Sep 2009added cross-reference, set status — Catharine Roth
29 Sep 2009Translated — Robert Leigh

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (1)

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