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Headword: *)anashkw=sai
Adler number: alpha,2064
Translated headword: to balance out, to make up weight
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] to pay back or to regain, just like those who balance scales, effectively equalizing what is less or more. Thus Aristophanes [sc. uses the verb].[1]
Greek Original:
*)anashkw=sai: a)ntapodou=nai h)\ a)nalabei=n, w(/sper oi( i(sta/ntes, oi(=on e)cisw=sai tw=| lei/ponti h)\ pleona/zonti. ou(/tws *)aristofa/nhs.
Notes:
Same entry in Photius. The headword is the aorist active infinitive of a)nashko/w.
[1] Aristophanes fr. 743 Kock, now 771 K.-A.
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; science and technology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 20 October 2000@18:57:35.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added keywords; cosmetics) on 6 March 2001@05:39:47.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword; tweaking) on 27 February 2012@10:19:28.
David Whitehead on 22 December 2014@09:28:18.
David Whitehead on 4 July 2015@04:05:24.
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