Ὑποκρούωσιν

[if] they break in upon

Translated by Ioannis Doukas25 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

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[Meaning if] they subdue you, [if] they catch you. Aristophanes [writes]: "what if they break in upon you?" And she says: "I will shake [them] off, since I am not inexperienced in many strokes."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑποκρούωσιν· ὑποβάλλουσί σε, λαμβάνονταί σου. Ἀριστοφάνης· τί δ', ἢν ὑποκρούωσί σε; ἡ δὲ φησί· προσκινήσομαι, ἅτ' οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσα πολλῶν κρουμάτων.

Betacode

*(upokrou/wsin: u(poba/llousi/ se, lamba/nontai/ sou. *)aristofa/nhs: ti/ d', h)\n u(pokrou/wsi/ se; h( de\ fhsi/: proskinh/somai, a(/t' ou)k a)/peiros ou)=sa pollw=n krouma/twn.

Notes (1)

See also Anonymus Antiatticista s.v. u(pokrou=sai; cf. upsilon,528 and Hesychius s.v. u(pokrou/ei.
1Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 256-257 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩

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υ528Ὑποκρούεινto strike[Meaning] to speak against, to contradict simply and as required; the verb u(pokrou/ein is applied to those making a disturbance, just as we say e)kkrou/ein ["to knock out"] and kwlu/ein ["to prevent"].

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υ527Ὑποκρίνοντιreplying υ528Ὑποκρούεινto strike υ529Ὑποκρούωσιν[if] they break in upon υ530Ὑποκυδήςmarsh υ531Ὑπόκυκλαrunning on wheels

Revision history4 revisions · last 17 Jun 2019

17 Jun 2019coding — Catharine Roth
28 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
28 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
26 Mar 2008more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
25 Mar 2008Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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