Σπέλεθος
dung, turd
Translated by David Whitehead2 Oct 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "wishing to shatter, may he seize with his hand in the darkness a freshly shed turd".1
See in the 'bolitos' [entry].2
See in the 'bolitos' [entry].2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σπέλεθος· Ἀριστοφάνης· κατεάξαι βουλόμενος, ἐν σκότῳ λάβοι τῇ χειρὶ σπέλεθον ἀρτίως κεχεσμένον. ζήτει ἐν τῷ βόλιτος.
Betacode
*spe/leqos: *)aristofa/nhs: katea/cai boulo/menos, e)n sko/tw| la/boi th=| xeiri\ spe/leqon a)rti/ws kexesme/non. zh/tei e)n tw=| bo/litos.
Notes (2)
- The headword spelethos is a false reading of pelethos.
- 1An alternative version -- from the scholia to Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 595 -- of Aristophanes, Acharnians 1168-70. The preferred text reads 'wishing to throw a stone ...'. (The object-less
katea/cai has presumably been generated bykata/ceie/ tis in the preceding clause.) ↩ - 2beta 366. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 31 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead