Τετραμαίνω

I tremble

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Dec 2013Vetting: high2 revisions

27 words
Thus Aristophanes in Clouds: "thus I tremble at them and am frightened." Instead of tre/mw; [used] derivatively. He lengthened the expression intentionally for the sake of strangeness.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τετραμαίνω· οὕτως Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Νεφέλαις· οὕτως αὐτὰς τετραμαίνω καὶ πεφόβημαι. ἀντὶ τοῦ τρέμω· παραγώγως. ἐπίτηδες δὲ ἐξέτεινε τὴν λέξιν τερατευόμενος.

Betacode
*tetramai/nw: ou(/tws *)aristofa/nhs e)n *nefe/lais: ou(/tws au)ta\s tetramai/nw kai\ pefo/bhmai. a)nti\ tou= tre/mw: paragw/gws. e)pi/thdes de\ e)ce/teine th\n le/cin terateuo/menos.

Notes

  1. Aristophanes, Clouds 294, with scholion; and cf. Hesychius tau627. The verb reappears, in the present infinitive, at line 374 of the play. Other instances, definite or possible, in LSJ s.v.

Neighbouring entries

τ394Τετρακτύςtetraktys, tetraktusτ395Τετραλογίαtetralogyτ396ΤετραμαίνωI trembleτ397Τετράμωνοςfour-footed(?); four-monthly(?)τ398Τετρανθέντα[having been] perforated
Revision history2 revisions · last 9 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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