Τευθίδες
squids, calamari
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Mar 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] cuttle-fish.1
Also [sc. attested is the singular]teuqi/s , [meaning] a small cheap fish.2
And Aristophanes says about Antimachus: "in a simple word, may Zeus destroy badly Antimachus the son of Psekas, who dismissed my wretched self without dinner. May I yet see him wanting a squid, which hissing on the spit by the sea runs aground lying on a table; and then as he is about to take it, may a dog snatch it and eat it. This [is] one bad thing for him."3
Also [sc. attested is the singular]
And Aristophanes says about Antimachus: "in a simple word, may Zeus destroy badly Antimachus the son of Psekas, who dismissed my wretched self without dinner. May I yet see him wanting a squid, which hissing on the spit by the sea runs aground lying on a table; and then as he is about to take it, may a dog snatch it and eat it. This [is] one bad thing for him."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τευθίδες· σηπίαι. καὶ Τευθίς, ἰχθύδιον εὐτελές. καί φησιν Ἀριστοφάνης περὶ Ἀντιμάχου· Ἀντίμαχον τὸν Ψεκάδος, ὡς μὲν ἁπλῷ λόγῳ, κακῶς ἀπολέσειεν ὁ Ζεύς· ὅς γ' ἐμὲ τὸν τλήμονα ἄδειπνον ἀπέλυσεν· ὃν ἔτ' ἴδοιμι τευθίδος δεόμενον· ἡ δ' ὠπτημένη σίζουσα πάραλος ἐπὶ τραπέζης κειμένη ὀκέλλει· κᾆτα μέλλοντος λαβεῖν αὐτοῦ, κύων ἁρπάσας φάγοι. τοῦτο μὲν αὐτῷ κακὸν ἕν.
Betacode
*teuqi/des: shpi/ai. kai\ *teuqi/s, i)xqu/dion eu)tele/s. kai/ fhsin *)aristofa/nhs peri\ *)antima/xou: *)anti/maxon to\n *yeka/dos, w(s me\n a(plw=| lo/gw|, kakw=s a)pole/seien o( *zeu/s: o(/s g' e)me\ to\n tlh/mona a)/deipnon a)pe/lusen: o(\n e)/t' i)/doimi teuqi/dos deo/menon: h( d' w)pthme/nh si/zousa pa/ralos e)pi\ trape/zhs keime/nh o)ke/llei: ka)=|ta me/llontos labei=n au)tou=, ku/wn a(rpa/sas fa/goi. tou=to me\n au)tw=| kako\n e(/n.
Notes (3)
Linked from3 entries
- ο106Ὀκέλλειbeaches, runs aground[Meaning he/she/it] comes to anchor, is cast out. It is said of ships. Also [sc. attested is] o)ke/lloi ["may it run aground"], [meaning] may it come to anchor.
- σ387Σίζουσαhissing, sizzlingMeaning [one that is] boiling; as in reference to one being cooked in a saucepan. In effect, giving off a particular sound. Homer [writes]: "so his eye hissed round the olive-wood stake." Aristophanes [writes]: "one…
- ψ39Ψεκάςdrip, drop[Meaning] dew. Thus Antimachos used to be called Psekas ["Sputterer"]. [It is a term] applied to spitters. This man was a melic poet. He was given the name because he used to sprinkle [with spit] whomever he was talking…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded notes; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth