Πάτταλον

peg

Translated by William Hutton1 Sep 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 12 words

Translation

[Meaning] some random thing. "To slip away having not even a peg."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πάτταλον· τὸ τυχόν. ὑπαποτρέχειν ἔχουσι μηδὲ πάτταλον.

Betacode
*pa/ttalon: to\ tuxo/n. u(papotre/xein e)/xousi mhde\ pa/ttalon. 

Notes (1)

  1. The headword, accusative case, Attic dialect form of pa/ssalos, is evidently extracted from the quotation given.
  2. 1Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae [Assemblywomen] 284, with scholion; quoted also at upsilon 131 (see the note there) and upsilon 154. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 23 Jun 2021
  1. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — William Hutton

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