κ867Κατάχει τοὔλαιον ἐν τῷ χαλκείῳ
pour the oil in the shield
Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. Meaning into the hub of the shield, in order to make it brighter. For there are some who tell the future by looking in oil. So he is wiping the shield pouring the oil on the bronze plate;…
Κατάχει τοὔλαιον ἐν τῷ χαλκείῳ· Ἀριστοφάνης. ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰς τὸν ὀμφαλὸν τῆς ἀσπίδος, ἵνα λαμπρότερος γένηται. εἰσὶ γάρ τινες, οἳ ἐν ἐλαίῳ ὁρῶντες μαντεύονται. σμήχει οὖν τὴν ἀσπίδα…