Ὁ Παφλαγὼν οὑτοσὶ προσέρχεται ὠθῶν κολόκυμα καὶ ταράττων καὶ κυκῶν
this here Paphlagonian approaches shoving a big wave and stirring things up and confusing things
Translated by William Hutton11 Jan 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Meaning about to gulp [me] down; or about to cover me with a wave, shamefully intending to swallow me up.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁ Παφλαγὼν οὑτοσὶ προσέρχεται ὠθῶν κολόκυμα καὶ ταράττων καὶ κυκῶν· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐκροφήσων· ἢ ἐπικαλύψων με τῷ κύματι, αἰσχρῶς μέλλων με καταπιεῖν.
Betacode
*(o *paflagw\n ou(tosi\ prose/rxetai w)qw=n kolo/kuma kai\ tara/ttwn kai\ kukw=n: a)nti\ tou= e)krofh/swn: h)\ e)pikalu/ywn me tw=| ku/mati, ai)sxrw=s me/llwn me katapiei=n.
Notes
- The long headword phrase is from Aristophanes, Knights 691-692, but the comments belong to the following line (693), which reads (in part)
w(s dh\ katapio/meno/s me ("as if he's going to swallow me up").
The 'Paphlagonian' is Kleon (kappa 1731); cf. pi 826. On the strange nounkolo/kuma , see kappa 1944.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 25 Jan 2021
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented note; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton