Πάνυ γὰρ ἔστ' ἤδη χολή
for by now it's utterly nauseous [to me]
Translated by David Whitehead30 Dec 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
['Utterly' meaning] very.1
But 'very', even if it is sweet, [is] vexing. Aristophanes in Frogs [uses the phrase].
But 'very', even if it is sweet, [is] vexing. Aristophanes in Frogs [uses the phrase].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πάνυ γὰρ ἔστ' ἤδη χολή· πολύ. τὸ δὲ πολύ, κἂν ᾖ γλυκύ, μοχθηρόν. Ἀριστοφάνης Βατράχοις.
Betacode
*pa/nu ga\r e)/st' h)/dh xolh/: polu/. to\ de\ polu/, ka)\n h)=| gluku/, moxqhro/n. *)aristofa/nhs *batra/xois.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Frogs 4, with comment from the scholia there: text at web address 1.
- 1cf. pi 247. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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