Ὅταν σύ που ἄλλοσε χάσκῃς

when you gape somewhere else

Translated by Catharine Roth22 May 2010Vetting: high2 revisions

9 words

Meaning when you have an inclination for other things.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὅταν σύ που ἄλλοσε χάσκῃς· ἀντὶ τοῦ περὶ ἄλλα τὴν διάνοιαν ἔχῃς.

Betacode

*(/otan su/ pou a)/llose xa/skh|s: a)nti\ tou= peri\ a)/lla th\n dia/noian e)/xh|s.

Notes

Aristophanes, Knights 1032 (web address 1), with scholion. The text of Aristophanes reads poi rather than pou, better fitting the meter of this mock-oracle in dactylic hexameters.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ο726Ὄτταprediction, rumor, voice ο727Ὅτ' ἄν σε καιρὸς εἰσάγῃwhen an opportunity brings you in ο728Ὅταν σύ που ἄλλοσε χάσκῃςwhen you gape somewhere else ο729Ὁτέοισινto whomever ο730Ὀττευομένηdivining from ominous sounds

Revision history2 revisions · last 30 Jul 2013

30 Jul 2013Revised — David Whitehead
22 May 2010more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 May 2010Translated — Catharine Roth