Πιθηκισμοῖς περιελαύνεις

you are harassing (me) with monkey-tricks

Translated by David Whitehead22 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

22 words

Meaning you are gaining victory over me with deceits and flatteries. Or with imitations; since these were what [the sausage-seller] had done.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πιθηκισμοῖς περιελαύνεις· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπάταις καὶ κολακεύμασί με νικᾷς. ἢ μιμήμασιν· ὡς καὶ αὐτοῦ ταῦτα πεποιηκότος.

Betacode

*piqhkismoi=s perielau/neis: a)nti\ tou= a)pa/tais kai\ kolakeu/masi/ me nika=|s. h)\ mimh/masin: w(s kai\ au)tou= tau=ta pepoihko/tos.

Notes

The headword phrase is a slimmed-down version of Aristophanes, Knights 887 (web address 1), and the gloss comes from the scholia there. For monkeys -- or apes -- and their cognates cf. pi 1575, pi 1577, pi 1578, pi 1579, pi 1580, pi 1581, pi 1582.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

π1575Πιθήκειον βλέμμαape's glance, ape-like glance[Meaning] that of an ape.

Neighbouring entries

π1574Πιθανούςpersuasive, plausible, credulous, obedient π1575Πιθήκειον βλέμμαape's glance, ape-like glance π1576Πιθηκισμοῖς περιελαύνειςyou are harassing (me) with monkey-tricks π1577Πίθηκος τῇ γυναικίan ape with his wife π1578Πίθηκοςape, monkey

Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Sep 2021

8 Sep 2021added a link — Catharine Roth
3 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
22 Nov 2002expanded x-refs — David Whitehead
21 Nov 2002Revised — Catharine Roth
22 Oct 2001Translated — David Whitehead