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Malcolm Heath1
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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
α4576Ἀφελέςsimple… account of his former victories." That is, often esteemed. For Cratinus praised himself in the Pytine, saying: "Lord Apollo, the rushing founts of the current of words, the twelve-springed source, the Ilissos of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
α767Ἄθυρμαplaything… road as a plaything for Pan". Meaning as a delight. Cratinus in Odysseuses: "a novel plaything had been introduced".

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Ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθρος

squeezers [are] a city's ruin

Cratinus 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.

Ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθρος· Κρατῖνος Σεριφίοις. καλοῦσι δὲ καὶ μοργούς, τὸ α ἀφαιροῦντες, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐπ' ἄλλων· μαῦρον γὰρ τὸ ἀμαυρὸν καὶ σφόδελον τὸν ἀσφόδελον καλοῦσιν.

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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

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

α2877Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving put aside, having put off, having abandonedMeaning [he] having persuaded to leave. Cratinus and Demosthenes and others [sc. use the word]. [sc. The related aorist infinitive is] a)palla/cai. Also [sc. attested is the subjunctive] a)palla/cwmen, meaning let us dismiss. Xenophon …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3348Ἀποκεῖσθαι πόρρωto be placed at a distance[Meaning] to be dishonoured. Thus Cratinus [sc. uses this phrase].Matched in translationhighshort

α3372Ἀποκτιννύναιto kill[Meaning] to murder. They say a)pokti/nnusi rather than a)poktinnu/ein. Cratinus in Herdsmen [writes]: "and shadow-boxing with the sky, he kills with his threats." Also [sc. the correct perfect is] a)pekto/nasin ["they have killed"], not …Matched in translationhighshort

α3468Ἀποπάτημαturd, shit… "for what is that man? A turd [and] a fox." Cratinus in Runaway Slaves [writes]: "and when I found Kerkyon shitting on the vegetables this morning I throttled him." Also [sc. attested is the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3496Ἀπορεῖν καὶ σφακελίζειν τῷ δεινῷto wither and to mortify in a horrible way… to have an infection and to convulse because of this. Cratinus [sc. uses the phrase].Matched in translationhighshort

α3561Ἀποστοματίζεινto recite, to dictate… Dispensations [writes]: "if you wish, I will say everything orally." Cratinus [uses] this the same as a)po\ glw/tths ["from the tongue"] in Laws: "but, by Zeus, I neither know my letters nor have experience …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… a spider's web in weight". Callimachus [writes]: "a spider's-web work". Cratinus in Pytinê [writes]: "you are holding your stomach in the middle of spiders' webs." Pherecrates in Tyranny [writes]: "so spiders' webs just as …Matched in translationhighmedium

α317Ἄγουσιν ἑορτὴν οἱ κλέπταιthe thieves are keeping festival.… where the source of the headword phrase is named as Cratinus (fr. 356 K.-A.). In just one of the paroemiographers (Arsenius 1.18a); and see generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2221.Matched in noteshighshort

α645Ἀείφρουροςalways on watch, everlasting… a)eiqalh/s "always waiting, evergreen". The word is attested in Sophocles, Cratinus (quoted by Hesychius, above), and elsewhere; see LSJ s.v. at web address 1 below.Matched in noteshighshort

α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… for a bitter character (Les Images d'Aristophane, 1965, 197-98). When Cratinus (fr. 6 Kock and Kassel-Austin) calls Archilochus "the marinade of Thasos", who 'bow wows' (bau/zei, of the snarling or barking of an angry …Matched in noteshighshort

α1701Ἀμφιανακτίζεινto sing (dithyrambic) hymns… nu 478) see alpha 1700. [3] A lost comedy by (?)Cratinus; this is fr. 67 Kock, now 72 K.-A. [4] A lost comedy by Aristophanes; this is fr. 59 Kock, now 62 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

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