Παραβλέπουσα θατέρῳ

looking askance with one

Translated by William Hutton17 Jun 2011Vetting: high4 revisions

15 words

Translation

[Meaning she] not staring, he is saying, but looking with one of the two eyes.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παραβλέπουσα θατέρῳ· μὴ ἀτενίζουσα, φησίν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἑτέρῳ ὀφθαλμῷ βλέπουσα.

Betacode
*parable/pousa qate/rw|: mh\ a)teni/zousa, fhsi/n, a)lla\ tw=| e(te/rw| o)fqalmw=| ble/pousa. 

Notes

  1. Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 498 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. The participle in the headword phrase is feminine because it is used of (and by) a woman. Compare gamma 262.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 10 May 2021
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — William Hutton

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