Ὑπογενειάζων

underchinning

Translated by David Whitehead22 Dec 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

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[Meaning he] entreating, touching [someone] on the chin.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπογενειάζων· λιτανεύων, ἀπὸ τοῦ γενείου ἁπτόμενος.

Betacode

*(upogeneia/zwn: litaneu/wn, a)po\ tou= genei/ou a(pto/menos.

From glosses on Aeschines 1.61, where Timarchos (tau 595) does this to Pittalakos.
As Fisher notes ad loc., the personnel involved here make it likely that the gesture should be understood as a reminder of previous intimacies as well as an act of supplication.

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