Παίειν
to beat
Translated by Ronald Allen10 Jun 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Thus they call doing anything whatsoever intensely.1 Aristophanes in Acharnians [writes]: "and the young man quickly beats [the old man] with terse words."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παίειν· οὕτω λέγουσι τὸ πᾶν ὁτιοῦν συντόνως ποιεῖν. Ἀριστοφάνης Ἀχαρνεῦσιν· ὁ δὲ νεανίας ἐς τάχος παίει στρογγύλοις τοῖς ῥήμασι.
Betacode
*pai/ein: ou(/tw le/gousi to\ pa=n o(tiou=n sunto/nws poiei=n. *)aristofa/nhs *)axarneu=sin: o( de\ neani/as e)s ta/xos pai/ei stroggu/lois toi=s r(h/masi.
Notes (2)
- The headword is the present active infinitive of the verb
pai/w (I strike, I smite); cf. pi 873, pi 880, pi 893, pi 894, and LSJ s.v. In the following quotation it appears in the present indicative active, third person singular. - 1From the scholia to the passage about to be quoted. ↩
- 2The quotation (again at sigma 1209) is taken from the Chorus Leader's speech in protest at an old man's courtroom plight: Aristophanes, Acharnians 685-6 (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Jul 2021
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen