Σκύθαινα

Scythian-girl

Translated by David Whitehead25 Apr 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

9 words

[Meaning] a female servant. Aristophanes [writes]: "where's the Scythian-girl?"

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σκύθαινα· ἡ ὑπηρέτις. Ἀριστοφάνης· ποῦ' σθ' ἡ Σκύθαινα.

Betacode

*sku/qaina: h( u(phre/tis. *)aristofa/nhs: pou=' sq' h( *sku/qaina.

Notes

Aristophanes, Lysistrata 184 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. Also elsewhere in comedy: Alexis fr. 331 Kock, 332 K.-A.
For Scythians cf. e.g. sigma 703, sigma 704, sigma 705.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

σ322Σημεῖα ΣκυθικάScythian standards, Skythian standards[Scythian standards,] which they carry in war, are textiles decorated with a dye that simulates the appearance of snakes especially, and they are suspended on poles of equal length. Here is the clever use [sc. they are…

Neighbouring entries

σ700Σκυζᾶνto be in heat σ701ΣκύζομαιI am wroth σ702ΣκύθαιναScythian-girl σ703ΣκύθαιScythians σ704ΣκύθηςScythian, Skythian

Revision history5 revisions · last 2 Jan 2015

2 Jan 2015Revised — David Whitehead
30 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
18 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
24 Dec 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
23 Dec 2004added link, set status — Catharine Roth
25 Apr 2003Translated — David Whitehead