Πλαίσια σύμπτυκτα
close-fitting oblongs, close-fitting rectangles
Translated by David Whitehead15 Apr 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the four-sided [frames constructed] out of timbers, just like bricks, in which they make bricks mixed together for nothing, but, in effect, refinements and clevernesses.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πλαίσια σύμπτυκτα· τὰ τῶν ξύλων τετράγωνα, ὥσπερ πλινθία, ἐν οἷς πλινθεύουσι σύμμικτα πρὸς οὐδέν, ἀλλ' οἷον περιττὰ καὶ σοφά.
Betacode
*plai/sia su/mptukta: ta\ tw=n cu/lwn tetra/gwna, w(/sper plinqi/a, e)n oi(=s plinqeu/ousi su/mmikta pro\s ou)de/n, a)ll' oi(=on peritta\ kai\ sofa/.
Notes
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 800, where the headword phrase, neuter plural, occurs in the description of the forthcoming contest between Aeschylus and Euripides.
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- Revised — David Whitehead
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- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead