Τί δαί
what indeed? how indeed?
Translated by Catharine Roth21 Feb 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
When the money-lender says, "Do I speak foolishly if I want to get my money back?," Strepsiades replies: "No way are you yourself in your right mind." The money-lender was adding, "How indeed?"
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τί δαί· εἰπόντος τοῦ δανειστοῦ, ληρῶ· τὰ χρήματ' ἀπολαβεῖν εἰ βούλομαι; τοῦ δὲ Στρεψιάδου ἀντιφήσαντος· οὐκ ἔσθ' ὅπως σύ γ' αὐτὸς ὑγιαίνεις· ἐπέφερεν ὁ δανειστής· τί δαί;
Betacode
*ti/ dai/: ei)po/ntos tou= daneistou=, lhrw=: ta\ xrh/mat' a)polabei=n ei) bou/lomai; tou= de\ *streyia/dou a)ntifh/santos: ou)k e)/sq' o(/pws su/ g' au)to\s u(giai/neis: e)pe/feren o( daneisth/s: ti/ dai/;
Notes
- Aristophanes, Clouds 1274-5.
For the headword phrase see also tau 561.
Linked from2 entries
- τ561Τί δαίwhat indeed?[*ti/ dai/ means the same as] ti/ dh/? They say ti/ dh/ also like this. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "What indeed? Aren't you filling the triremes? Tell me." It is an interrogative conjunction, written with the…
- υ26ὙγιαίνωI cure, I restore to health[Used] with an accusative.
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