Ῥοθιάζουσιν
they guttle; they row noisily
Translated by Ioannis Doukas8 May 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they rush in a throng and with a resounding noise and they eat. Aristophanes [writes]: "how they guttle, o much-esteemed Heracles, like Tragasaean pigs." [sc. The adjective comes] from eating [trw/gein ]. Or from a city.1
Butr(oqia/zein [sc. also means] rowing hard. Aristophanes in Babylonians says "row hard for the shore".2 And elsewhere: "when with the oar-beats a ship speeds under ordered control."3
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥοθιάζουσιν· ἀθρόως καὶ μετὰ κτύπου φωνῆς ὁρμῶσι καὶ ἐσθίουσιν. Ἀριστοφάνης· οἷον ῥοθιάζουσιν, ὦ πολυτίμηθ' Ἡράκλεις, ὡς τραγασαῖα τὰ χοίρια. ἀπὸ τοῦ τρώγειν. ἢ ἀπὸ πόλεως. Ῥοθιάζειν δὲ τὸ ἐρέσσειν εὐτόνως. Ἀριστοφάνης Βαβυλωνίοις, κατάγου ῥοθιάζων, φησί. καὶ πάλιν· ναῦς ὅταν ἐκ πιτύλων ῥοθιάζῃ σώφρονι κόσμῳ.
Betacode
*(roqia/zousin: a)qro/ws kai\ meta\ ktu/pou fwnh=s o(rmw=si kai\ e)sqi/ousin. *)aristofa/nhs: oi(=on r(oqia/zousin, w)= poluti/mhq' *(hra/kleis, w(s tragasai=a ta\ xoi/ria. a)po\ tou= trw/gein. h)\ a)po\ po/lews. *(roqia/zein de\ to\ e)re/ssein eu)to/nws. *)aristofa/nhs *babulwni/ois, kata/gou r(oqia/zwn, fhsi/. kai\ pa/lin: nau=s o(/tan e)k pitu/lwn r(oqia/zh| sw/froni ko/smw|.
Notes (3)
- cf. generally rho 215, rho 217, rho 218, rho 219, rho 220. See also Photius rho413 Theodoridis (s.v.
r(o/qion ), Hesychius s.v.r(oqia/zein , and Eustathius' comment on Homer, Odyssey 5.412. The word is attested further in ancient comedy (Cratinus fr. 332 K.-A., Hermippus fr. 54 K.-A.). According to Polyaenus 4.7.6, the technical term for rowing hard wasr(oqi/w| th=| ei)resi/a| plei=n . - 1An abbreviated version of Aristophanes, Acharnians 807-8 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. Modern scholars see no reason to choose between these alternatives: this is wordplay involving both the verb
trw/gein , or more exactlytragei=n , and the city of Tragasai in the Troad (sic: LSJ s.v. wrongly says Epirus, a misreading of Hellanicus ap. Steph. Byz). ↩ - 2Aristophanes fr. 85 K.-A. (83 Kock). ↩
- 3Aristophanes fr. 86 K.-A. (84 Kock). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- π2010Πολυτίμητοςmuch-honoured"They were searching for the memoranda which the much-honoured Heraclides had brought with him". [Meaning] the much-punished.
- ρ215Ῥοθεῖmakes a rushing noise[Meaning he/she/it] rushes forth.
- ρ217Ῥόθιονroaring, dashingThe wave with a noise; or a flow [r(eu=ma]. From flowing [r(ei=n] swiftly. It also means rowing. Also [sc. attested is the verb] r(oqia/zein ["to make a dashing noise"], to row vigorously. "But falling into the sea they…
- ρ218Ῥόθιονcrashing, dashing[Meaning moving] with a certain impulse and rush. Josephus [writes]: "riding a horse crashing out of the flank he seizes one of the enemy in flight." And elsewhere: "he shakes the cavalry on them in a mass, and they…
- ρ220Ῥόθῳwith a rushing noise[Meaning] with a swift forward motion.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- modified headword and tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- tweaks, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas