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α3932ἈριστοφάνηςAristophanes… 44 -- but we have studied the following plays of Aristophanes: Acharnians, Frogs, Peace, Ecclesiazusae, Thesmophoriazusae, Knights, Lysistrata, Clouds, Birds, Wealth, Wasps.Matched in translationhighmedium
α3933ἈριστοφάνηςAristophanesProbably c.257-180 (though see Pfeiffer 172). RE Aristophanes(14); NP Aristophanes(4); OCD4 Aristophanes(2); FGrH 347. [1] kappa 227. [2] zeta 74. [3] RE Dionysios(93); NP Dionysios(15). [4] Otherwise unattested. [5] 204-201. [Original translation and notes …Matched in noteshighshort
ε73Ἐγκάναξονslosh in!… shake in, bring/add, pour in! The word is a compound. Aristophanes [writes]: "come now, slosh in [wine] for me and plenty of it". [Meaning] swallow, gulp down, drink out.Matched in translationhigh

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A Rhodian or Lindian, though some said an Egyptian, some a Kameirean; but an Athenian by adoption; for he was admitted to citizenship among them; a comic poet, son of Philippos, born [or: lived] during the wars in the…

Ἀριστοφάνης, Ῥόδιος ἤτοι Λίνδιος, οἱ δὲ Αἰγύπτιον ἔφασαν, οἱ δὲ Καμειρέα· θέσει δὲ Ἀθηναῖος· ἐπολιτογραφήθη γὰρ παρ' αὐτοῖς· κωμικὸς, υἱὸς Φιλίππου, γεγονὼς ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι κατὰ τὴν…

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δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… tribe Aegeis; [named] from Diomos the [sc. lover?] of Herakles. Aristophanes [writes]: "it just came across my mind, when the festival of Herakles at Diomea is due to take place". The Herakleion [is] a …Matched in translationhighshort

α1700Ἀμφιανακτίζεινto sing (dithyrambic) hymns… made. Periander [writes]: "again my lord [is] by me." And Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "Phoebus, again [be] by me, Delian lord." They also used to call the writers of dithyrambs amphianaktes; for those men …Matched in translationhighshort

δ66Δάπιδαςrugs… [means] with carpets. For thus Attic [writers use the word]. Aristophanes [in] Wealth [writes]: "it will not be possible [for you] even to sleep on rugs."Matched in translationhighshort

ε669Ἔκτοπονstrange[Meaning something] altered, forceful, large. Aristophanes [writes]: "there is a certain tree which has grown strange, above Kardia -- Kleonymos: not at all useful, and otherwise terrible and big. In the spring this [tree] …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1581Ἄμηταmilk-cakeMilk-cake, a type of cake mixed with milk. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "having sent back this milk-cake for us." Not only because he did not take the gifts; he also sent home for another …Matched in translationhighshort

α2384Ἀνεῖπενproclaimed[Meaning he/she/it] announced, declared. Aristophanes [writes]: "he proclaimed, 'bring in, Theognis, your chorus!'"Matched in translationhighshort

α3069Ἄπεστινis awayMeaning [he/she/it] is removed. Aristophanes [writes]: "he is away in Thrace guarding Eucrates." This man was a general of the Athenians, [also] called Stygax, a bribe-taker and a traitor who was killed by the …Matched in translationhighshort

δ499Διαβάλλεταιis misleading… [writes]: "for I shall mislead the old man today". And Aristophanes [writes]: "your uncle is misleading you, you wretch".Matched in translationhighshort

ε1837Ἐξωμμάτωταιhas had [one's] eyes opened… he says this jokingly in reference to loss [of eyesight]. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "[Wealth] has had his eyes opened and his pupils shine."Matched in translationhighshort

ε2768Ἐπιχειλέςrim-full… for a measure which is not filled but falling short. Aristophanes [writes]: "[Themistocles] made our city full, having found it [sc. merely] rim-full."Matched in translationhighshort

α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… nicknamed Halmion because of his bitterness, pikri/a. J. Taillardat discusses Aristophanes' use of 'vinegar' as a metaphor for a bitter character (Les Images d'Aristophane, 1965, 197-98). When Cratinus (fr. 6 Kock and Kassel-Austin) calls …Matched in noteshighshort

α1332ἌλοπονunscutchedAristophanes, Lysistrata 737 (web address 1 below), with scholion. Headword and gloss, accusative singulars, are also in Photius and other lexica; see further below. [1] The transmitted gloss in the Suda is pisto/n, "trusty", …Matched in noteshighshort

α2310ἈνέρριπτονI was tossing in the air, they were tossing in the air… Asinius Pollio. See epsilon 3013, kappa 2591, kappa 2601. [3] Aristophanes, fr.929 PCG vol.3.2 (= 673 Kock). This metaphor for one's life as a gambled die must be spoken by a person who finds …Matched in noteshighshort

α4020Ἀρτάβηartabe… similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 91 (where the comic name Pseudartabas occurs: web address 1 below). cf. alpha 4671. [1] This is the quantification of the artabe …Matched in noteshighshort

αι244Αἰόλανundulating; leaping in undulating circles; of intricate, dazzling, multicoloured design… accusative singular, see also alphaiota 245. The gloss, also in Aristophanic scholia (cf. below), is an adjective applied to the hopping, leaping motion of locusts, fleas, grasshoppers and satyrs advancing (LSJ), and here of …Matched in noteshighshort

αι245Αἰόλανdarkening, discolouring… here it comes not from Frogs but from an earlier Aristophanic comedy: Thesmophoriazusae 1054-55; there it agrees with porei/an, i.e. the last journey of the dead. (For a translation see web address 1; 'shortest', …Matched in noteshighshort

β448Βούνομοι ἐπιστροφαίcattle-grazing haunts… 249 (from his lost Philoctetes), quoted by him on-stage in Aristophanes, Frogs 1383 (web address 1 below). [1] The first participle, missing here (Adler's edition marks an ellipsis), can be supplied from the Aristophanic …Matched in noteshighshort

δ929Διεξιφίσωyou fought to the deathFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 781 (web address 1), where the headword (which literally means 'you fought it through with swords') occurs. As often in Aristophanic comedy, the history of the early fifth …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1194Διόπτηςable to look through [something]Aristophanes, Acharnians 435 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. See further in the notes below. [1] The explanation of the headword dio/pths can be found both in the scholia vetera and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1897Ἐώρημαcrane, hoistFrom scholia on Aristophanes, Peace 76 and 80 (web address 1): Trygaeus is described as addressing his giant dung-beetle steed as if it were Pegasus (OCD(4) s.v. Pegasus(1), and under tau 894). [1] This …Matched in noteshighshort

χ105Χαριεντίζεις καὶ καταπαίζεις ἡμῶν καὶ βωμολοχεύῃyou jest and make fun of us and would play tricks… a version of a contextless line of verse attributed to Aristophanes (fr. 161 Kock, now 171 K.-A.) in a scholion to Plato, Republic 436D and in Etymologicum Magnum 807.18-19; cf. (without the actual quotation) …Matched in noteshighshort

χ164ΧαίρεινgreetingsFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 609 (web address 1), where this form -- an infinitive of the verb meaning 'to be happy' -- occurs. The claim that Kleon (kappa 1731) was the first …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… note [scholion]. "rhuppapai." A boatsman's cry. "hippapai." Applied to horses. Aristophanes [says]: "who will row?" "babai, babaiax." An exclamation (of astonishment). In the place of 'Phew! Phew!' "Woe is me, poor man! Woe indeed! …Matched in translationhighlong

α1785Ἀμφορεαφόρουςamphora-bearers, amphora-carriers… [So says] Menander in The Girl Who Gets Flogged. And Aristophanes in Heroes [says]: "run inside for the wine, taking an empty amphora, and food and a tasting-cup, and then hire yourself out as …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ234Δεξιόςclever… Also [sc. attested is the plural] dexioi, the well-educated [men]. Aristophanes [writes]: "turning around always to the more comfortable side is the mark of a clever man, a natural Theramenes." This Theramenes was one …Matched in translationhighmedium

β288Βινεῖνto fuck… in two". Also [sc. attested is] binh/somen ["we will fuck"]. Aristophanes [writes]: "then having fucked [her], he flew back down again". "So that if someone does not reconcile us quickly, there is no way …Matched in translationhighshort

α4660Ἀφύα ἐς πῦρanchovy into fire… cooks very quickly. It is said in the singular in Aristophanes in Broilers, a)fu/h; but always [elsewhere] in the plural, ta\s a)fu/as. Also found is aphros ["cloud fish"] [so called] because of its whiteness. …Matched in translationhighmedium

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