Περίδου

wager

Translated by William Hutton1 Oct 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

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That is, make a compact. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "wager now with me whether the tetrameter isn't a half-peck."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περίδου· τουτέστι συνθήκην ποιοῦ. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· περίδου νῦν ἐμοί, εἰ μὴ τὸ τετράμετρόν ἐστιν ἡμιεκτόν.

Betacode

*peri/dou: toute/sti sunqh/khn poiou=. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: peri/dou nu=n e)moi/, ei) mh\ to\ tetra/metro/n e)stin h(miekto/n.

Notes

Aristophanes, Clouds 644-5, with comments from the scholia. Similar material in other lexica and scholia, and see also pi 1101.

Linked from1 entry

π1101Περίδουmake a wager[Meaning] place around. Aristophanes [writes]: "come here you, make a wager and quickly become a man." And elsewhere: "I want to make a wager on the head." Meaning to make a contract on the head. And again: "if you…

Neighbouring entries

π1100Περιδινοῦντεςwhirling around π1101Περίδουmake a wager π1102Περίδουwager π1103Περιδώμεθαlet us wager π1104Περιδράττεσθαιto grasp

Revision history3 revisions · last 24 Sep 2013

24 Sep 2013Revised — David Whitehead
2 Oct 2011expanded note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 Oct 2011set status — Catharine Roth
1 Oct 2011Translated — William Hutton