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Headword:
*)/a|dein
keleu/onq'
w(sperei\
te/ttiga
e(stiw=nta
Adler number: alpha,454
Translated headword: asking [me] to sing as if entertaining cicadas
Vetting Status: high
Translation: For it is a talkative creature.[1]
But [sc. differently-accented] a)dei=n [means] to please.[2]
Greek Original:*)/a|dein keleu/onq' w(sperei\ te/ttiga e(stiw=nta: dio/ti polu/lalo/n e)sti to\ zw=|on. *)adei=n de\ a)re/sai.
Notes:
[1] The headword phrase comes from
Aristophanes,
Clouds 1360 (which has plural
te/ttigas for the Suda's
te/ttiga: see web address 1 below for the text on Perseus), and the gloss from the
scholia there.
[2] As opposed to
ai)/dein, the form in the headword, "to sing"; again
alpha 455.
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 16 March 2001@17:12:34.
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