Στοιχομυθεῖν

to rote-tell

Translated by David Whitehead25 Apr 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] to speak in order.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Στοιχομυθεῖν· ἐφεξῆς λέγειν.

Betacode

*stoixomuqei=n: e)fech=s le/gein.

Likewise in Photius, and similarly already in Hesychius. The headword verb also occurs in the scholia to Aeschylus, Persians 430, as a synonym for the verb actually used there (and only there: stoixhgorei=n).

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