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Headword: *)apope/myat' e)f' e(/ndeka kw/pais
Adler number: alpha,3470
Translated headword: send [him] off on eleven oars
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Used] with an accusative. From sea-faring [terms]. For a naval command is called "on eleven oars". Aristophanes says [this].
Greek Original:
*)apope/myat' e)f' e(/ndeka kw/pais: ai)tiatikh=|. a)po\ tw=n nautikw=n. ke/leusma ga/r e)sti nautiko\n e)f' e(/ndeka kw/pais lego/menon. *)aristofa/nhs fhsi/n.
Note:
Aristophanes, Knights 546 (web address 1 below), with -- apart from the initial grammatical point -- comment from the scholia there. The phrase (again at epsilon 3857) is unparalleled, and mystifying.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 June 2001@12:07:51.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note; added keywords; cosmetics) on 3 June 2001@10:59:55.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 21 August 2002@09:00:03.
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