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Vetting status

high81

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Jennifer Benedict48
Catharine Roth7
Antonella Ippolito3
David Whitehead3
Robert Dyer3
Stefano Sanfilippo3

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William Hutton3
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Adrian Packel1
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ε1384Ἐν μύρτου κλαδὶ τὸ ξίφος κρατήσωin a branch of myrtle I will master my swordAfter throwing their sword in myrtle-bushes Harmodius and Aristogiton slew the tyrant Hipparchus.Matched in headwordhighshort
δ500Διαβάλλεινto bring across, to cross, to mislead, to slander… deceive and to lead astray. Thucydides [in Book] 1 and Crates [sc. use the word]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "to cross the sea", [meaning] to pass over it. "Thereupon he intended to …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ845Διαψαλάττεσθαιto set apart… in a search. For what [is] apsalakton [is] untouched. So Crates [sc. uses the word].

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Ἐν μύρτου κλαδὶ τὸ ξίφος κρατήσω

in a branch of myrtle I will master my sword

After throwing their sword in myrtle-bushes Harmodius and Aristogiton slew the tyrant Hipparchus.

Ἐν μύρτου κλαδὶ τὸ ξίφος κρατήσω· ὅ τε Ἁρμόδιος καὶ Ἀριστογείτων ἐν μύρτοις ῥίψαντες τὸ ξίφος Ἵππαρχον τὸν τύραννον ἀπέκτειναν.

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α4576Ἀφελέςsimple… a)felw=n pedi/wn ["of simple plains"] Aristophanes [writes as follows] about Crates: "who having flowed with a lot of praise used to gush across the simple plains, and sweep up from their places and bear …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… lambda691 s. v. *le/rnh qeatw=n (The Lerne of the theaters, Cratinus fr. 347 Kock = 392 K.-A.): "paroimi/a ti/s e)stin *argolikh\ *le/rnh kakw=n, h(\n a)podiopompou/menoi e)/legon. ta\ ga\r a)pokaqa/rmata ei)s tou=to to\ xwri/on e)ne/ballon, …Matched in noteshighshort

β492Βωμόςaltar; podium… way up for speaking things to be heard; onto this Crates went up and said "Crates is destroying the things of Crates." And Aristophanes [writes]: "for the altar is already at the doors." Meaning …Matched in translationhighshort

δ1441Δωδεκάκρουνον στόμαtwelve-spouted mouthFor Cratinus praised himself in Putine saying: "Lord Apollo, the springs of the flow of verses resound, a twelve-spouted mouth, I would say Ilissos in the throat, will inundate with words unless someone stops …Matched in translationhighshort

α1627Ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθροςsqueezers [are] a city's ruinCratinus in Seriphians [sc. uses the phrase]. They also call them morgoi, taking away the alpha, as in other cases: for they call amauron mauron and asphodelon sphodelon.Matched in translationhighshort

αι64Αἴγληradiance; Aigle[Meaning] a throw at dice, brilliance, gleam. Cratinus [sc. uses the word]. And [sc. in so doing] he reveals [that it is] a type of round sacrificial cake, and rite of sacrifice, as Leagoras …Matched in translationhighshort

αι237Αἲξ οὐρανίαheavenly goat… put a question to the vote and elect [sc. officials]. Cratinus [says that] just as the goat Amaltheia was Zeus' nurse, so too a heavenly goat was [the nurse of] those accepting bribes. But …Matched in translationhighmedium

αι279Αἴρασθαιto lift[Meaning] to bring. Cratinus in Trophonios [writes]: "not to lift food, not to obtain one's allotment of sleep."Matched in translationhighshort

α708Ἀθάραgruel, porridge… hag". a)qa/rhs, not a)qarh/s, is what they called pounded [barley]. Crates in Heroes [writes]: "therefore it is necessary to bring here a bowl of pea-soup and of gruel".Matched in translationhighshort

α767Ἄθυρμαplaything… road as a plaything for Pan". Meaning as a delight. Cratinus in Odysseuses: "a novel plaything had been introduced".Matched in translationhighshort

α1391Ἀλώπηξ οὐ δωροδοκεῖταιa fox does not take bribes… in reference to those not easily won over by bribes. Cratinus in Laws [writes]: "each one of you is a fox who takes bribes"Matched in translationhighshort

α1499ἉμαρτοῖνI might [not] err[I might (not) err] is what Cratinus in Runaways said for I might not be mistaken. "In declaring where you are from, young men, I might not err." And this sort of thing is …Matched in translationhighshort

α1676Ἀμύνασθαιto ward off, to requite, to repay… attested is] a)mu/nainto ["they might requite"], [the same as] a)mu/naien. Cratinus in Pylaea [writes]: "[he] taught them and he reared them on public funds until they became youths, so that then they might requite …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1947Ἄναλτονunfillable, saltlessHomer and Cratinus [use this word] to mean insatiable, but Dinarchus [uses it] to mean without salt.Matched in translationhighshort

α1973Ἀνανεοῦσθαιto renew… this word, so did] Thucydides in his fifth [book] and Cratinus in Riches.Matched in translationhighshort

α2019Ἀναπίπτεινto fall back… applied to] the heart, as being despondent, being neglectful. But Cratinus uses this term for rowers, rowing and reclining. Also [sc. attested is] a)napesei=n, [meaning] to recline.Matched in translationhighshort

α2059Ἀναρύτεινto draw as from a well… formed] from the [verb] a)ru/esthai ["to draw water for oneself"]. Cratinus in Rehearsals [writes]: "when you drew up the fine Dionysos-hymns and were hated [for it]."Matched in translationhighshort

α2153Ἀνδρακάδαman by man[Accusative of] a)ndraka/s. [Meaning] one man at a time, separately. Cratinus in Herdsmen [sc. uses the word]. Thucydides calls [this] the same and [its] opposite. Alternatively a)ndraka/s [means] in groups of ten men.Matched in translationhighshort

α2234Ἀνεκάςupwards… in Autolycus [writes]: "and you, disgusting, lifted up your leg." Crates in Heroes [writes]: "[bring up] your neck from the earth, looking up at them."Matched in translationhighshort

α2285Ἀνεπάγγελτοςuninvited[Meaning] unbidden. Cratinus in Dionysus Masquerading as Paris [writes]: "one of these leech-throated uninvited who has come for dinner."Matched in translationhighshort

α2305Ἀνεπτεροῦτοwas on tiptoe with excitement… yuxh/n ["to excite the soul"], that is to arouse [it]. Cratinus [sc. uses it].Matched in translationhighshort

α2320Ἀνεσίανrelaxation[Meaning] an abatement, and also an indemnity. Cratinus in Cowherds [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

α2369Ἀνεικάσασθεyou parodied[Meaning] you mocked. Cratinus in Runaways [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

α2443Ἄνηστιςunfasting… Also [sc. attested is] a)/nhstis, [used for] nh=stis ["fasting"] in Cratinus in the Dionysalexander. "For alas you [are] the first uninvited guest to come to dinner fasting."Matched in translationhighshort

α2537Ἄνθρωπος λυπησιλόγοςa man who gives pain by talking… he who is paining those nearby because of his talking. Cratinus [sc. uses the phrase].Matched in translationhighshort

α2563Ἄνοργοιanger-lessMeaning [those] without anger. Cratinus [sc. uses the term].Matched in translationhighshort

α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… worthy, so that [one should] take it." It is in Cratinus. Homer was the first to use this figure: "for you shall be easier to slay, with that man dead." And elsewhere: "it is …Matched in translationhighmedium

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