Πίθηκος
ape, monkey
Translated by Catharine Roth21 Jan 2001Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πίθηκος· ἡ μιμώ. Βάβριος· κερδὼ πιθήκῳ φησίν· ἣν ὁρᾷς στήλην, ἐμοὶ πατρῴη τ' ἐστὶ κἔτι παππῴη.
Betacode
*pi/qhkos: h( mimw/. *ba/brios: kerdw\ piqh/kw| fhsi/n: h(\n o(ra=|s sth/lhn, e)moi\ patrw/|h t' e)sti\ ke)/ti pappw/|h.
Notes (2)
External resources
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Linked from5 entries
- π1575Πιθήκειον βλέμμαape's glance, ape-like glance[Meaning] that of an ape.
- π1576Πιθηκισμοῖς περιελαύνειςyou are harassing (me) with monkey-tricksMeaning you are gaining victory over me with deceits and flatteries. Or with imitations; since these were what [the sausage-seller] had done.
- π1578Πίθηκοςape, monkey[pi/qhkos means the same as] the mimw/. But pi/qhc is what some call a short little man. Also [sc. attested is the verb] diapiqhki/sai ["to monkey around"], [meaning] to play. From the apes: for the animal [is] a great…
- π1580Πίθηκοςape, monkey[Meaning] the animal [of that name], the mimo. From piqw=, piqh/sw ["I persuade, I will persuade"], because it persuades us. And [there is] a proverb: "an old ape is not captured; it is captured, but it is captured…
- π1582Πίθηξdwarf, ape[pi/qhc means the same as] the mimw/.
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- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth