Πλάτις
wife
Translated by Catharine Roth15 Sep 2012Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one's] woman.1 [The terms comes] from approaching [pela/zein ] the man/husband to lie with him. Aristophanes in Acharnians [writes] "and for [my] children and [my] wife."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πλάτις· ἡ γυνή. παρὰ τὸ πελάζειν τῷ ἀνδρὶ κατὰ τὴν κοίτην. Ἀριστοφάνης Ἀχαρνεῦσι· καὶ τοῖσι παιδίοισι καὶ τῇ πλάτιδι.
Betacode
*pla/tis: h( gunh/. para\ to\ pela/zein tw=| a)ndri\ kata\ th\n koi/thn. *)aristofa/nhs *)axarneu=si: kai\ toi=si paidi/oisi kai\ th=| pla/tidi.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Acharnians 132 (web address 1), with scholion. Mock-solemn language there.
- 1Same or similar gloss in other lexica, with varying accentuation (
pla=tis properispomenon,plati/s oxytone). According to LSJ, the headword is a poetical equivalent ofpela/tis , feminine ofpela/ths (pi 935), also rare. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 6 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth