Πτύξωμαι
I enfold myself
Translated by William Hutton25 Sep 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "[not] before I enfold myself with this, so I don't get soaked." Meaning I will cover myself, I will shelter myself.1
And Sophocles [writes]: "he, when he suddenly hears a bitter sound, enfolding his hands on them said, 'o children ...'"2
And Sophocles [writes]: "he, when he suddenly hears a bitter sound, enfolding his hands on them said, 'o children ...'"2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πτύξωμαι· Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· πρὶν ἂν τουτὶ πτύξωμαι, μὴ καταβρεχθῶ. ἀντὶ τοῦ καλύψομαι, σκεπάσομαι. καὶ Σοφοκλῆς· ὁ δ', ὡς ἀκούει φθόγγον ἐξαίφνης πικρόν, πτύξας ἐπ' αὐταῖς χεῖρας εἶπεν, ὦ τέκνα.
Betacode
*ptu/cwmai: *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: pri\n a)\n touti\ ptu/cwmai, mh\ katabrexqw=. a)nti\ tou= kalu/yomai, skepa/somai. kai\ *sofoklh=s: o( d', w(s a)kou/ei fqo/ggon e)cai/fnhs pikro/n, ptu/cas e)p' au)tai=s xei=ras ei)=pen, w)= te/kna.
Notes (2)
- The headword is aorist subjunctive middle, first person singular, of the verb
ptu/ssw (for related words see the other entries from pi 3061 through pi 3063 and pi 3066 and pi 3067). Presumably the first quotation is the source of the lemma, where it is used in a general temporal clause; hence the translation need not be different from an indicative (see n. 1). - 1Aristophanes, Clouds 267 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia. Here the subjunctive headword is glossed with future indicative verbs. ↩
- 2Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1610-11 (web address 2), using the aorist active participle of the same verb. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- π3060Πτύγμαfold[Meaning a] doubling. In the Epigrams: "and Themistodike [dedicated] a small fold of [her] robes."
- π3061Πτυκτίονfolder[Meaning a] book.
- π3062Πτυκτῷfolded[Meaning] being enfolded.
- π3066ΠτύσσωI foldThe [verb that means] I secure.
- π3067Πτυχαίfolds[Meaning] the declivities of mountains. Also the various plates of a shield [sc. that lie] upon one another. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "with the all-shining folds of the heavens relaxed, the initiate sees."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 19 Dec 2021
- tweaked reference, added links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton