Προστρίβεται
inflicts
Translated by William Hutton8 Sep 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "[he] always inflicts blows on the house slaves."1 That is arranges and devises and compasses2 outrages and evil deeds.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προστρίβεται· Ἀριστοφάνης· πληγὰς ἀεὶ προστρίβεται τοῖς οἰκέταις. τουτέστιν ὕβρεις καὶ κακὰ πράγματα κατασκευάζει καὶ μηχανᾶται καὶ περιποιεῖται.
Betacode
*prostri/betai: *)aristofa/nhs: plhga\s a)ei\ prostri/betai toi=s oi)ke/tais. toute/stin u(/breis kai\ kaka\ pra/gmata kataskeua/zei kai\ mhxana=tai kai\ peripoiei=tai.
Notes (2)
- The headword (extracted from the quotation given) is present indicative middle, third person singular, of the verb
prostri/bw . - 1Aristophanes, Knights 5 (web address 1). ↩
- 2The scholia to Aristophanes read
prospoiei=tai ('acquires' vel sim.). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 3 Dec 2021
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- cosmeticule, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton