Τούτῳ μὲν εἴπω ἐς πυγὴν κυνὸς ὁρᾶν
to him would I say look up the backside of a dog
Translated by David Whitehead3 Aug 2006Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"[To him I would say look up the backside of a dog] and [those] of three foxes." In reference to those with defective vision.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τούτῳ μὲν εἴπω ἐς πυγὴν κυνὸς ὁρᾶν, καὶ τριῶν ἀλωπέκων· ἐπὶ τῶν λημώντων τὰς ὄψεις τοῦτο ἐπιλέγεται.
Betacode
*tou/tw| me\n ei)/pw e)s pugh\n kuno\s o(ra=n, kai\ triw=n a)lwpe/kwn: e)pi\ tw=n lhmw/ntwn ta\s o)/yeis tou=to e)pile/getai.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 255 (the entirety of which is formatted as the headword phrase in Adler), with scholion; cf. pi 3110.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Sep 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked headword and tr — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- supplemented translation, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead