Ϋϋ ϋϋ ϋϋ ϋϋ ϋϋ ϋϋ
uu uu -- uu uu -- uu uu
Translated by David Whitehead21 Dec 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
An exclamatory adverb; [the one] which in common usage we utter when smelling some meat roasting.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ϋϋ ϋϋ, ϋϋ ϋϋ, ϋϋ ϋϋ· ἐπίρρημα θαυμαστικόν· ὅπερ ἐν τῇ συνηθείᾳ λέγομεν, ὀσφραινόμενοί τινος κνίσους.
Betacode
*u+u+ u+u+, u+u+ u+u+, u+u+ u+u+: e)pi/rrhma qaumastiko/n: o(/per e)n th=| sunhqei/a| le/gomen, o)sfraino/menoi/ tinos kni/sous.
Notes
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 895, where these exclamations occur (see web address 1).
See generally LSJ s.v., where another use -- to indicate alarm -- is noted (in Sophocles' satyr-play Trackers).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 29 May 2016
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- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead