Ψακάζει
drips, drizzles
Translated by William Hutton22 Oct 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] sprinkles.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "[when] inside there is not by any means at all a drip of silver." Meaning not even the smallest [sc. coin], which is also called a 'snowflake'. Or: since we don't even have an obol.2
Aristophanes [writes]: "[when] inside there is not by any means at all a drip of silver." Meaning not even the smallest [sc. coin], which is also called a 'snowflake'. Or: since we don't even have an obol.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ψακάζει· ῥαίνει. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἔνδον ἀργυρίου μὴ ψακὰς ᾖ πάνυ πάμπαν. ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐδὲ τὸ σμικρότατον, ὃ καὶ νιφὰς καλεῖται. ἢ μηδὲ ὀβολοῦ ὄντος ἡμῖν.
Betacode
*yaka/zei: r(ai/nei. *)aristofa/nhs: e)/ndon a)rguri/ou mh\ yaka\s h)=| pa/nu pa/mpan. a)nti\ tou= ou)de\ to\ smikro/taton, o(\ kai\ nifa\s kalei=tai. h)\ mhde\ o)bolou= o)/ntos h(mi=n.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword -- third person singular, present indicative, of
yaka/zw -- is evidently quoted from somewhere. Accidentally or otherwise, the bulk of the extant examples occur (in connection with predictions of drizzly rain) in Ptolemy's Appearances of Fixed Stars. ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Peace 121 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. The line uses a feminine noun related to the headword verb. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 5 Nov 2013
- expanded n.1; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton