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Headword: *ai)guptia/zein
Adler number: alphaiota,75
Translated headword: to act the Egyptian
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The [verb that means] to be wicked and to behave malignantly.[1]
For such were the Egyptians.[2]
And [there is] a saying: 'Egyptian brick-bearer'. These men are constantly slandered as being bearers of burdens.[3]
Concerning Egyptians see under delta at dogmati/zei.[4]
Greek Original:
*ai)guptia/zein: to\ panourgei=n kai\ kakotropeu/esqai. toiou=toi ga\r oi( *ai)gu/ptioi. kai\ paroimi/a: *ai)gu/ptios plinqofo/ros. ou(=toi diaba/llontai a)ei\ w(s a)xqofo/roi o)/ntes. peri\ de\ *ai)gupti/wn zh/tei e)n tw=| de/lta ei)s to\ dogmati/zei.
Notes:
[1] Likewise in Photius and other lexica.
[2] See Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 922, with scholia.
[3] See Aristophanes, Birds 1133-34, with scholia to 1133.
[3] delta 1319.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; geography; proverbs
Translated by: Phiroze Vasunia on 20 February 2000@21:46:41.
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