Συμψῆσαι
to rake away
Translated by Catharine Roth2 Jun 2014Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
[Meaning] to rub out. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "then standing up again, the boys to rake away and take care not to leave an image of their youth for their lovers." They used to rake over the place where they had been sitting, in order not to leave a sign of their youth [sc. of their genitals] for their lovers.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συμψῆσαι· συντρίψαι. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· εἶτ' αὖθις ἀνισταμένους τοὺς παῖδας συμψῆσαι καὶ προνοῆσαι εἴδωλον τοῖσιν ἐρασταῖς τῆς ἥβης μὴ καταλείπειν. κατέψων τὸν τόπον, ὅπου ἐκάθηντο, ἵνα μὴ σημεῖον τῆς ἥβης ἑαυτῶν καταλείψωσι τοῖς ἐρασταῖς.
Betacode
*sumyh=sai: suntri/yai. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: ei)=t' au)=qis a)nistame/nous tou\s pai=das sumyh=sai kai\ pronoh=sai ei)/dwlon toi=sin e)rastai=s th=s h(/bhs mh\ katalei/pein. kate/ywn to\n to/pon, o(/pou e)ka/qhnto, i(/na mh\ shmei=on th=s h(/bhs e(autw=n katalei/ywsi toi=s e)rastai=s.
Notes (1)
- The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is aorist active infinitive of
sumya/w .
cf. sigma 1414. - 1Aristophanes, Clouds 975-6, with scholion. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- σ1414Συμψήσαςhaving raked away, having swept away[Meaning] having rubbed out. Herodotus [writes]: "one of the sacred white horses violently rushing into the river tried to cross, but [the river] sweeping it away went carrying it under water." And Iamblichus [writes]:…
- σ1417Συμησθείςswept away, swept up[Meaning] harmed, wounded.
- σ1528Συνεψήσθηwas jointly swept away[Meaning he/she/it] was jointly reduced.
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Revision history1 revision · last 2 Jun 2014
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth