Ὄζειν
to smell
Translated by Amanda Aponte26 Oct 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "for now these seem to me to smell of bigger and greater matters; and most of all I catch the scent of the tyranny of Hippias."1 This man was a tyrant, who made the Athenians wear katonakai, so that they would not be able to bring their hands forward.2 But the Lacedaemonians stoned him to death.3 There being 4 sons of Peisistratos, Hippias was older than the others and [sc. therefore] set up a tyranny.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄζειν· Ἀριστοφάνης· ἤδη γὰρ ὄζειν ταδὶ πλειόνων καὶ μεγίστων πραγμάτων μοι δοκεῖ· καὶ μάλιστ' ὀσφραίνομαι τῆς Ἱππίου τυραννίδος. οὗτος τύραννος ἦν, ὃς ἐποίησε τοὺς Ἀθηναίους κατωνάκας φορεῖν, ὅπως μὴ δυνηθῶσι προενεγκεῖν τὰς χεῖρας. τοῦτον δὲ κατέλευσαν Λακεδαιμόνιοι. δʹ ὄντων τῶν Πεισιστρατιδῶν, ὁ δὲ Ἱππίας πρεσβύτερος ἦν τῶν ἄλλων καὶ τυραννίαν ὑπέθετο.
Betacode
*)/ozein: *)aristofa/nhs: h)/dh ga\r o)/zein tadi\ pleio/nwn kai\ megi/stwn pragma/twn moi dokei=: kai\ ma/list' o)sfrai/nomai th=s *(ippi/ou turanni/dos. ou(=tos tu/rannos h)=n, o(\s e)poi/hse tou\s *)aqhnai/ous katwna/kas forei=n, o(/pws mh\ dunhqw=si proenegkei=n ta\s xei=ras. tou=ton de\ kate/leusan *lakedaimo/nioi. d# o)/ntwn tw=n *peisistratidw=n, o( de\ *(ippi/as presbu/teros h)=n tw=n a)/llwn kai\ turanni/an u(pe/qeto.
Notes (3)
- 1Aristophanes, Lysistrata 617-619 (web address 1), with scholion. The headword infinitive is extracted from the quotation. ↩
- 2On the
katwna/kh , see kappa 1114. ↩ - 3Untrue (see generally iota 544, iota 545); Adler notes the suggestion -- now orthodox -- by 'Meurs[ius]' (Jan de Meurs, 1579-1639) that the transmitted verb
kate/leusan should bekate/lusan . ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- ο43Ὀδμήsmell, odor, scent[Meaning] effluvia, smell.
- ο66Ὄζαιozai[Meaning] the hides of onagers.
- ο72Ὄζουσινthey smell[Meaning] they are full of fragrance. "These [sc. treaties] smell of ambrosia and nectar." In reference to those worthy of acceptance. He is saying [this] about the festival of the Dionysia.
- ο722ὈσφραίνομαιI smell, I notice the smell of[Used] with a genitive.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Feb 2021
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- fixed note numbers — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Amanda Aponte