Τυμμαῖς

[with] strikes

Translated by David Whitehead24 Aug 2012Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 24 words
[Meaning with] blows.1 "And if anyone was found anywhere to have used an oath at all, he used to be hit with deliberate strikes".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τυμμαῖς· πληγαῖς. καὶ εἴ που τις εὑρεθείη τὸ ὁπωσοῦν ὅρκῳ κεχρημένος, τυμμαῖς οὐ ταῖς τυχούσαις ἐβάλλετο.

Betacode
*tummai=s: plhgai=s. kai\ ei)/ pou tis eu(reqei/h to\ o(pwsou=n o(/rkw| kexrhme/nos, tummai=s ou) tai=s tuxou/sais e)ba/lleto.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is dative plural of the feminine noun tummh/, a rare variant of neuter tu/mma, related to the verb tu/ptw (tau 1182). ↩
  2. 2Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler notes Valckenaer's attribution of it to Aelian.) ↩

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τ1161Τυμβοχοεῖheaps a cairn, heaps a tombτ1162Τύμμαblow, woundτ1163Τυμμαῖς[with] strikesτ1164Τύμπαναkettledrumsτ1165Τυμπανίζεταιis tympanized
Revision history4 revisions · last 16 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaked hw and tr — David Whitehead
  3. cross-reference — Catharine Roth
  4. expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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