Τρέψομαι

I will turn

Translated by David Whitehead8 Dec 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

21 words

[Meaning] I will defeat. Aristophanes [says]: "me, I will turn you with this shout". Meaning I will defeat [you] by shouting.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τρέψομαι· νικήσω. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἐγώ σε τῇ βοῇ ταύτῃ τρέψομαι. ἀντὶ τοῦ νικήσω βοῶν.

Betacode

*tre/yomai: nikh/sw. *)aristofa/nhs: e)gw/ se th=| boh=| tau/th| tre/yomai. a)nti\ tou= nikh/sw bow=n.

Notes

Aristophanes, Knights 275 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there.
For the verb itself see tau 925.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

τ930Τροφήnourishment τ931Τρέχειν τὴν ἐσχάτηνto run the final τ932ΤρέψομαιI will turn τ933Τρεῖtrembles τ934Τρὶς ἕξtriple six

Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Jan 2014

15 Jan 2014Revised — David Whitehead
15 Aug 2011more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Nov 2004x-ref — David Whitehead
8 Nov 2004added link, set status — Catharine Roth
8 Dec 2002Translated — David Whitehead