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Headword:
*)aponuxiw=
sou
ta)n
pruta/nh|
siti/a
Adler number: alpha,3461
Translated headword: I will cut off your rations in the Prytaneion
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning I will take [them] away; from the metaphor of paring the nails. For he is saying I will take away your provisioning.[1]
They say a)ponuxi/sai ["to cut off the nails"] rather than o)nuxi/sai [merely "to cut" them].
Greek Original:*)aponuxiw= sou ta)n pruta/nh| siti/a: a)nti\ tou= a)fairh/somai: a)po\ metafora=s tw=n o)nuxizome/nwn. a)fairh/somai ga/r fhsi th\n si/thsin. *)aponuxi/sai ma=llon le/gousin h)\ o)nuxi/sai.
Note:
[1]
Aristophanes,
Knights 709 (web address 1 below), with scholion; again at
omicron 411. On dining in the Prytaneion, in
Athens and elsewhere, see generally S.G. Miller,
The Prytaneion (Berkeley & Los Angeles 1978) 4-13.
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; imagery; politics
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 June 2001@12:43:16.
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