Ῥοιβδεῖν
to gulp
Translated by Catharine Roth12 Sep 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to swallow down again.1
Also found, in Aristophanes in Clouds, is [the related noun]r(oi=bdos ["rushing noise"].2
Also found, in Aristophanes in Clouds, is [the related noun]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥοιβδεῖν· ἀναρροφεῖν. λέγεται καὶ ῥοῖβδος παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει ἐν Νεφέλαις.
Betacode
*(roibdei=n: a)narrofei=n. le/getai kai\ r(oi=bdos para\ *)aristofa/nei e)n *nefe/lais.
Notes (2)
- 1Similar entry in other lexica (references at Photius rho146 Theodoridis), and see also a Platonic scholion (on Letter 7.345E) that gives an etymological explanation of the name Charybdis (chi 144). ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Clouds 407 (web address 1), where this occurs in the genitive. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ρ275Ῥοιζηδόνwith a rushing sound[Meaning] strongly, with a sound, threateningly.
- ρ276Ῥοῖζοςrushing sound, whistling, whizzing[Meaning a] rush, noise. Josephus [writes]: "thus with a rush and force they fell on the Romans so as to break their ranks." Also [sc. attested is the neuter] r(oi/zhma ["rushing sound"], [also meaning] a noise. Also…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 8 Jun 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more for n.1 — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth