Ταυτὶ λέγουσα μορμολύττεσθαι δοκεῖς
by saying this do you think you are being a bogeywoman?
Translated by David Whitehead23 Mar 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. In reference to those who think they are scary.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ταυτὶ λέγουσα μορμολύττεσθαι δοκεῖς· Ἀριστοφάνης. ἐπὶ τῶν δοκούντων ἐκφοβεῖν.
Betacode
*tauti\ le/gousa mormolu/ttesqai dokei=s: *)aristofa/nhs. e)pi\ tw=n dokou/ntwn e)kfobei=n.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Birds 1245 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. generally mu 1250, mu 1251, mu 1252 (and under alpha 4177.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
τ180Ταυτίthese ones hereτ181ΤαυτίζωI make [something] the same, I use [a word] as a synonymτ182Ταυτὶ λέγουσα μορμολύττεσθαι δοκεῖςby saying this do you think you are being a bogeywoman?τ183Ταυτὶ μὲν εἰκάσμεσθα κατὰ τὸν Αἰσχύλονwe have been made the object of these comparisons in accordance with Aeschylusτ184Ταυτοέπειαtautology
Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Aug 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation, added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead