Ξυνετρίβη τῆς κεφαλῆς

he was bashed in the head

Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝21 Feb 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

15 words

Thus they construe [it] with the genitive. "[...] until he was bashed in the head."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ξυνετρίβη τῆς κεφαλῆς· οὕτως ἐπὶ γενικῆς τάττουσιν. ἕως ξυνετρίβη τῆς κεφαλῆς.

Betacode

*cunetri/bh th=s kefalh=s: ou(/tws e)pi\ genikh=s ta/ttousin. e(/ws cunetri/bh th=s kefalh=s.

Notes

Aristophanes, Peace 71 (web address 1), preceded by comment from the scholia there.
The verb in the headword phrase is third person singular, aorist passive, of cuntri/bw/suntri/bw; cf. sigma 1518.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ξ132Ξύνεςunderstand ξ133Ξυνέσεωςof understanding ξ134Ξυνετρίβη τῆς κεφαλῆςhe was bashed in the head ξ135Ξυνευνέτηςbed-mate ξ136Ξυνεῖαxuneia, xyneia

Revision history6 revisions · last 21 Jul 2013

21 Jul 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
19 Jun 2013Revised — David Whitehead
18 Sep 2007tweaked headword and tr — David Whitehead
17 Sep 2007augmented note, added cross-reference and link, raised status — Catharine Roth
10 Jan 2002modified translation — Catharine Roth
8 Aug 2001added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
21 Feb 2000Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝