Παρακλίνασαι
having pushed open
Translated by David Whitehead27 Apr 2012Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] having opened up. "[...] to open up or to replace the heavy clouds." Aristophanes [writes]: "for women of that kind, having pushed open the outer-door a little, peer out. And if anyone directs his attention to them, they retreat. And then, if he goes away, they peer out [sc. again]".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρακλίνασαι· παρανοίξασαι. ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδ' ἐπιθεῖναι. Ἀριστοφάνης· καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖναι παρακλίνασαι τῆς αὐλείας παρακύπτουσι. κἄν τις προσέχῃ τὸν νοῦν αὐταῖς, ἀναχωροῦσι· κᾆτ', ἢν ἀπίῃ, παρακύπτουσι.
Betacode
*parakli/nasai: paranoi/casai. h)me\n a)nakli=nai pukino\n ne/fos h)d' e)piqei=nai. *)aristofa/nhs: kai\ ga\r e)kei=nai parakli/nasai th=s au)lei/as paraku/ptousi. ka)/n tis prose/xh| to\n nou=n au)tai=s, a)naxwrou=si: ka)=|t', h)\n a)pi/h|, paraku/ptousi.
Notes (1)
- The headword, extracted from the Aristophanic quotation given, is aorist active participle, feminine nominative plural, of
parakli/nw . - 1Aristophanes, Peace 981-985, with scholion to 981. The latter quotes Homer, Iliad 5.751 (on the Hours, gatekeepers of heaven; cf., for the verb, alpha 1904). ↩
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