Πατῆσαι
to tread, to tread on
Translated by William Hutton1 Sep 2011Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to spend time on, to get to. Aristophanes [writes]: "you are ignorant and unaccomplished, and you haven't even trodden Aesop."1 In reference to know-nothings.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πατῆσαι· ἐνδιατρίψαι, ἀφικέσθαι. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀμαθὴς ἔφυς κοὐ πολυπράγμων, οὐδ' Αἴσωπον πεπάτηκας. ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδιωτῶν.
Betacode
*path=sai: e)ndiatri/yai, a)fike/sqai. *)aristofa/nhs: a)maqh\s e)/fus kou) polupra/gmwn, ou)d' *ai)/swpon pepa/thkas. e)pi\ tw=n i)diwtw=n.
Notes (1)
- = Mantissa Proverbiorum 2.54. Derived from commentary on Aristophanes (see n. 1 below, and alpha 1470, where the same quotation is given and explained in terms that clearly form the basis of the current entry).
The headword is the aorist active infinitive ofpate/w (cf. pi 782), while the quotation contains a perfect indicative form of the same verb. - 1Aristophanes, Birds 471. Here 'trodden' means 'familiarised (yourself) with'; the chorus-leader's ignorance of Aesop (alphaiota 334, alphaiota 335), as the passage goes on to explain, consists particularly in not knowing his story about the lark being the earliest of all living creatures. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 18 Sep 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton