Πιεζόμενος
oppressed
Translated by David Whitehead17 Dec 2002Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] being weighed down, being overcome.1
Also2 ["is oppressing"] meaning is harming. Aristophanes [writes]: "[the fire] is oppressing Stilbides". Stilbides [was] an excellent and well-respected seer.3
Also2 ["is oppressing"] meaning is harming. Aristophanes [writes]: "[the fire] is oppressing Stilbides". Stilbides [was] an excellent and well-respected seer.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πιεζόμενος· βαρούμενος, δαμαζόμενος. καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ λυπεῖ. Ἀριστοφάνης· τὸν Στιλβίδην πιέζει. ὁ δὲ Στιλβίδης μάντις ἄριστος καὶ εὐδόκιμος.
Betacode
*piezo/menos: barou/menos, damazo/menos. kai\ a)nti\ tou= lupei=. *)aristofa/nhs: to\n *stilbi/dhn pie/zei. o( de\ *stilbi/dhs ma/ntis a)/ristos kai\ eu)do/kimos.
Notes (3)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi872 Theodoridis. The headword is present middle/passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of
pie/zw . It must be quoted from somewhere: Theodoridis mentions a string of possibilities begininng with two in Xenophon (Anabasis 1.1.10, Cyropaedia 7.2.20); one could add Thucydides 2.89.8. ↩ - 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 1032 (web address 1), about to be quoted; cf. sigma 1108. ↩
- 3c.470-412 BCE. His main claim to fame was as religious adviser to Nikias (Plutarch, Nikias 23.5, web address 2). See also Eupolis fr. 211 Kock, now 225 K.-A. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history7 revisions · last 23 May 2016
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