Πεπότηται
has taken flight
Translated by William Hutton22 Sep 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] flew up, was lifted up, and now contemplates airborne things. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "my soul has taken flight."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πεπότηται· ἀνέπτη, ἀνεκουφίσθη, καὶ μετέωρα ἤδη φρονεῖ. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· ἡ ψυχή μου πεπότηται.
Betacode
*pepo/thtai: a)ne/pth, a)nekoufi/sqh, kai\ mete/wra h)/dh fronei=. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: h( yuxh/ mou pepo/thtai.
Notes (1)
- The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is third person singular, perfect indicative, of
pota/omai (freqentative ofpe/tomai ). - 1Aristophanes, Clouds 319, with glossing from the scholia there. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 23 Sep 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added primary note and another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton