Ῥοθοπυγίζων

buttock-slapping

Translated by David Whitehead21 Jan 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

26 words

[Meaning one who is] covertly striking the buttock with the flat of the hand or the flat of the foot, making a noise on the buttock.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥοθοπυγίζων· λάθρα τύπτων κατὰ τῆς πυγῆς πλατείᾳ τῇ χειρὶ ἢ πλατεῖ τῷ ποδί, τῇ πυγῇ ῥόθον ποιῶν.

Betacode

*(roqopugi/zwn: la/qra tu/ptwn kata\ th=s pugh=s platei/a| th=| xeiri\ h)\ platei= tw=| podi/, th=| pugh=| r(o/qon poiw=n.

Notes

From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 796, where this present participle -- more properly r(aqapugi/zwn -- figuratively occurs: see web address 1. The allusion is to the Athenian demos rebuffing Spartan peace-overtures at this time (425/4).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ρ216Ῥοθιάζουσινthey guttle; they row noisily[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…

Neighbouring entries

ρ217Ῥόθιονroaring, dashing ρ218Ῥόθιονcrashing, dashing ρ219Ῥοθοπυγίζωνbuttock-slapping ρ220Ῥόθῳwith a rushing noise ρ221Ῥομβεῖνto whirl

Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Oct 2013

29 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
25 Aug 2011tweak — David Whitehead
22 Jan 2010expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
22 Jan 2010added link — Catharine Roth
22 Jan 2010set status — Catharine Roth
21 Jan 2010Translated — David Whitehead