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Headword: *brekeke\c koa\c koa/c
Adler number: beta,530
Translated headword: brekekex koax koax
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A refrain in Aristophanes, in Frogs. Imitation of [the] sound of frogs.
Greek Original:
*brekeke\c koa\c koa/c: e)fu/mnion para\ *)aristofa/nei e)n *batra/xois. mi/mhma fwnh=s batra/xwn.
Notes:
From the scholia to Frogs 209, where the refrain (from which one syllable has been omitted here: brekekekex) first appears.
See generally Dover 219-223.
Reference:
Aristophanes, Frogs, edited with introduction and commentary by K.J. Dover (Oxford 1993)
Keywords: comedy; definition; imagery; zoology
Translated by: Joseph McAlhany on 14 October 2001@12:16:39.
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David Whitehead (supplied headword; added note and keywords) on 16 October 2001@03:38:33.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 3 June 2012@08:44:38.
David Whitehead on 23 September 2015@10:39:43.
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