Συγκεκυφός
bent-forward together
Translated by David Whitehead30 Jan 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] that has come together.1 Aristophanes [writes]: "this is bent-forward together into one." In other words, they agree with each other and draw the same breaths. "For you see what a bevy of young tanners is with him; and their neighbours are honey-sellers [and] cheese-sellers."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συγκεκυφός· συνελθόν. Ἀριστοφάνης· τοῦτο δ' εἰς ἕν ἐστι συγκεκυφός. οἷον ὁμονοοῦσιν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ συμπνέουσιν. ὁρᾷς γὰρ αὐτῷ στῖφος οἷόν ἐστι βυρσοπωλῶν νεανιῶν· τούτους δὲ περιοικοῦσι μελιτοπῶλαι, τυροπῶλαι.
Betacode
*sugkekufo/s: sunelqo/n. *)aristofa/nhs: tou=to d' ei)s e(/n e)sti sugkekufo/s. oi(=on o(monoou=sin e(autoi=s kai\ sumpne/ousin. o(ra=|s ga\r au)tw=| sti=fos oi(=o/n e)sti bursopwlw=n neaniw=n: tou/tous de\ perioikou=si melitopw=lai, turopw=lai.
Notes (2)
- 1The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is perfect participle of
sugku/ptw , neuter nominative/accusative singular. LSJ s.v. translates this verb as 'bend forwards, stoop and lay heads together', the implication being -- at least in passages like the present one (and e.g. Herodotus 3.82.4) -- for bad, conspiratorial purposes. ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Knights 852-854, with scholion to 854. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 31 Jan 2014
- expanded n.1; another keyword — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, added note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead