Πατάγημα

rattle, noise

Translated by Catharine Roth17 Apr 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 12 words

Meaning talkative, and rascally. Menander [writes]: "you have come like a rattle/noise."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πατάγημα· ἀντὶ τοῦ λάλος, καὶ πανοῦργος. Μένανδρος· οἷον πατάγημα ἥκεις.

Betacode

*pata/ghma: a)nti\ tou= la/los, kai\ panou=rgos. *me/nandros: oi(=on pata/ghma h(/keis.

Notes (1)

Same entry in Photius (pi483 Theodoridis). The headword is a neuter noun, glossed as if it were a descriptive adjective.
cf. generally pi 770, pi 771, pi 772, pi 773.
1Menander fr. 913 Kock (563 K.-A.). ↩

Linked from1 entry

π770Πάταγοςclatter[Meaning] noise. Agathias [writes]: "wails of the rural folk were heard and lowing of cattle being driven away and a clatter of the woods being felled."

Neighbouring entries

π767Πασχητιᾷlongs for passivity π768ΠάσχωI experience, I suffer π769Πατάγημαrattle, noise π770Πάταγοςclatter π771Πάταγοςclatter, clash, rumble

Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Jun 2021

22 Jun 2021tweaked note — Catharine Roth
18 Sep 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
25 Apr 2011augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Apr 2011Translated — Catharine Roth