Φαθί
say
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Nov 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
With acute accent on the last syllable.1 "Right after 'let us go' say 'it'. -- It." Aristophanes in Knights [writes this].2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φαθί· ὀξυτόνως. ἐξόπισθεν αὐτὸ φαθὶ τοῦ μόλωμεν. αὐτόθι. Ἀριστοφάνης Ἱππεῦσι.
Betacode
*faqi/: o)cuto/nws. e)co/pisqen au)to\ faqi\ tou= mo/lwmen. au)to/qi. *)aristofa/nhs *(ippeu=si.
Notes (2)
- 1Imperative of
fhmi/ : Smyth at §783 shows eitherfaqi/ orfa/qi (web address 1). ↩ - 2An approximation of Aristophanes, Knights 22-23 (text at web address 2). The point of the lines, explained in what follows but impossible to convey in translation, is that the combination of
au)to/ and the verbmo/lwmen converts the verb intoau)tomo/lwmen 'let us desert'. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 16 Aug 2019
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaked links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked n.2; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; augmented note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth