Περσικαί

Persics

Translated by David Whitehead29 Feb 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 32 words
[Note] that Persics are trees,1 but they are also a kind of footwear for women. Aristophanes in Clouds [says]: "and then Persics stuck to it [= a flea] after it had cooled".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περσικαί· ὅτι Περσικαί εἰσι μὲν δένδρα, ἔστι δὲ καὶ ὑποδήματος εἶδος γυναικείου. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· κᾆτα ψυγείσῃ περιέφυσαν Περσικαί.

Betacode
*persikai/: o(/ti *persikai/ ei)si me\n de/ndra, e)/sti de\ kai\ u(podh/matos ei)=dos gunaikei/ou. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: ka)=|ta yugei/sh| perie/fusan *persikai/.

Notes (1)

  1. Aristophanes, Clouds 151 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there.
  2. 1Peach-trees: see LSJ s.v. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π1374ΠερσεῖδαιPerseidsπ1375ΠέρσηςPersesπ1376ΠερσικαίPersicsπ1377Περσικὸς ὄρνιςPersian birdπ1378ΠερσίςPersis
Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Sep 2011
  1. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  2. more keywords — David Whitehead
  3. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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