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Headword:
*dipodi/a
Adler number: delta,1263
Translated headword: two-step; two-footer
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A kind of dance.
Aristophanes [says]: "[...] so that I may dance the
dipodia, and may sing a fine [song] for the Asanians and at the same time for us also."[1] [He says "Asanians"] instead of Athenians.[2]
*dipodi/a: ei)=dos o)rxh/sews. *)aristofa/nhs: i(/n' e)gw\ dipodia/cw ge, ka)ei/sw kalo\n e)s tou\s *)asanai/ous te kai\ h(ma=s a(/ma. a)nti\ tou= *)aqhnai/ous.
Notes:
[1] An approximation of
Aristophanes,
Lysistrata 1243-4 (web address 1), with scholion. 'Dance the
dipodia' is a verb cognate with the present headword. See also
Pollux 4.101;
Hesychius delta1952.
[2] The speaker is a Spartan; "Asanians" represents Laconian dialect. See generally LSJ s.v. Asana (web address 2).
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; meter and music; stagecraft
Translated by: Elizabeth Vandiver on 16 February 2005@17:10:01.
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