Παρεκαττύετο
was stitching together
Translated by William Hutton2 Aug 2011Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] was getting ready [items] from a collection. [sc. The term comes] from kattu/mata. kattu/mata is the word for small strips, those that have been thrown upon the dung-heap. He is saying, then, that we were getting a mattress ready from many small things. Aristophanes in Plutus [writes]: "each of us was stitching together a mattress."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρεκαττύετο· ἐκ συλλογῆς ηὐτρέπιζεν. ἀπὸ τῶν καττυμάτων. καττύματα δὲ λέγονται οἱ μικροὶ ἱμάντες, οἱ ἐρριμμένοι ἐπὶ τῆς κόπρου. λέγει οὖν ἐκ μικρῶν καὶ πολλῶν τὴν στιβάδα ηὐτρεπίζομεν. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ἡμῶν δ' ἕκαστος στιβάδα παρεκαττύετο.
Betacode
*parekattu/eto: e)k sullogh=s hu)tre/pizen. a)po\ tw=n kattuma/twn. kattu/mata de\ le/gontai oi( mikroi\ i(ma/ntes, oi( e)rrimme/noi e)pi\ th=s ko/prou. le/gei ou)=n e)k mikrw=n kai\ pollw=n th\n stiba/da hu)trepi/zomen. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: h(mw=n d' e(/kastos stiba/da parekattu/eto.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 663, with comments from the scholia.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 14 Sep 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton