Ὑπόδυθι
take cover
Translated by Ioannis Doukas8 May 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Meaning cover yourself.1 Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "shield from above." Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "take this umbrella and shield me from above."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπόδυθι· ἀντὶ τοῦ καλύπτου. καὶ Ὑπέρεχε ἄνωθεν· Ἀριστοφάνης Ὄρνισι· λαβὼν τουτὶ τὸ σκιάδειον ὑπέρεχε ἄνωθεν.
Betacode
*(upo/duqi: a)nti\ tou= kalu/ptou. kai\ *(upe/rexe a)/nwqen: *)aristofa/nhs *)/ornisi: labw\n touti\ to\ skia/deion u(pe/rexe a)/nwqen.
Notes (2)
- 1The headword is the aorist imperative, second person singular, of the verb
u(podu/omai . It is quoted here from Aristophanes, Birds 1512 (web address 1); see the scholia there. [Note also Wasps 1158 (web address 2), where however it is used with the opposite meaning.] ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Birds 1508 (web address 3); see also the corresponding scholia. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 28 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked notes; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas