Ῥοπαλίζει
wields the club
Translated by David Whitehead22 Sep 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥοπαλίζει· κινεῖ καὶ στρέφει ὡς ῥόπαλον. καὶ Ῥοπαλισμός, ἡ τάσις τοῦ αἰδοίου, ὁ τέτανος.
Betacode
*(ropali/zei: kinei= kai\ stre/fei w(s r(o/palon. kai\ *(ropalismo/s, h( ta/sis tou= ai)doi/ou, o( te/tanos.
Notes (2)
- The headword, a single word in the Greek, must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested.
cf. generally rho 228. - 1Likewise in Hesychius (rho444) and Photius (rho158 Theodoridis). ↩
- 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 553, where this term occurs in the accusative plural; see at tau 367. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- ρ228Ῥόπαλαclubs, cudgels[Meaning] wooden things; [sc. so called] from the [verb] r(api/zein ["to slap/beat"], or to smite ?in the scale?. "What do you have in mind? [Why have] a buskin and a club [both come together]?" That is, come together…
- τ144Τάσιςtension, stretching, intensity[Meaning] extension; also speed.
- τ367Τέτανος καὶ ῥοπαλισμόςerection and priapism[Meaning] the tension of the penis; [sc. the second of these terms is used] since [the penis] becomes like a club. Aristophanes [writes]: "and then you will raise up for the men an erection and priapisms".
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- Translated — David Whitehead