Πνιγηρά
stifling
Translated by Catharine Roth27 Jul 2013Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] burning hot, and warm, for a furnace [is] a pnigeu/s . But [note] that together with the time, the rope and the bench are stifling. Aristophanes [writes]: "for there is one [sc. way of getting to Hades] from a rope and a bench."1
And Arrian [writes]: "for the short term, men were living by the shore in stifling huts."2
And Arrian [writes]: "for the short term, men were living by the shore in stifling huts."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πνιγηρά· ἡ καυματώδης, καὶ θερμή· πνιγεὺς γὰρ ἡ κάμινος. ἅμα δὲ ὅτι πνίγει τῷ χρόνῳ τὸ σχοινίον καὶ τὸ θρανίον. Ἀριστοφάνης· μία μέν ἐστιν ἀπὸ κάλω καὶ θρανίου. καὶ Ἀρριανός· τὰ δὲ βράχη πρὸς τῷ αἰγιαλῷ ἐπῴκεον ἄνθρωποι ἐν καλύβαις πνιγηραῖς.
Betacode
*pnighra/: h( kaumatw/dhs, kai\ qermh/: pnigeu\s ga\r h( ka/minos. a(/ma de\ o(/ti pni/gei tw=| xro/nw| to\ sxoini/on kai\ to\ qrani/on. *)aristofa/nhs: mi/a me/n e)stin a)po\ ka/lw kai\ qrani/ou. kai\ *)arriano/s: ta\ de\ bra/xh pro\s tw=| ai)gialw=| e)pw/|keon a)/nqrwpoi e)n kalu/bais pnighrai=s.
Notes (2)
- 1Aristophanes, Frogs 121-122, with scholion. The headword, feminine nominative singular of this adjective, occurs in the feminine accusative singular in the second half of verse 122: see web address 1. (The first half of the verse has specified "by hanging yourself".) For related words, see pi 1830, pi 1831, pi 1833. ↩
- 2Arrian, Indica 24.2. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 7 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth