Παππίδιον
little papa
Translated by David Whitehead27 Feb 2004Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: 'hear then, o little papa, having unbent your brow a touch'. A diminutive of o papa.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παππίδιον· Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀκρόασαι νῦν, ὦ παππίδιον, χαλάσας ὀλίγον τὸ μέτωπον. ὑποκοριστικῶς πάππε.
Betacode
*pappi/dion: *)aristofa/nhs: a)kro/asai nu=n, w)= pappi/dion, xala/sas o)li/gon to\ me/twpon. u(pokoristikw=s pa/ppe.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Wasps 655 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- π255Πάππαpappa[Note] that pappa and tetta and appa [are] not [names of] the parent, one-for-one, but a way of addressing the parent. And pappa and appa [are] not simply [terms for] the father, but a polite way of speaking to a…
- π258Παππασμόςcalling out papaAn address made by a child to its father.
- π261ΠαππίζωI wheedle my fatherAristophanes [writes]: "my daughter, wheedling me, fishes out the three-obol piece".
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 11 Nov 2005
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- added link and keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead