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Headword: *diapattaleuqh/sh|
Adler number: delta,685
Translated headword: you will be pegged out
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Meaning you will be stretched out on the ground. For stretching out the hides on the ground, so that they might not shrink and contract from the heat of the sun, they stretch them out toward their outer edges, pressing them down with pegs.
Greek Original:
*diapattaleuqh/sh|: a)nti\ tou= e)ktaqh/sh| xamai/. ta\s ga\r bu/rsas e)ktei/nontes e)pi\ th=s gh=s, i(/na mh\ suna/gointo kai\ suste/llointo e)k th=s tou= h(li/ou kau/sews, kata\ ta\ a)/kra patta/lois katakrou/ontes e)ktei/nousin.
Note:
The headword comes from Aristophanes, Knights 371 (cf. delta 684), and the gloss from the scholia there.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; imagery; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Craig Gibson on 23 September 2003@22:08:38.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (x-ref; cosmetics) on 24 September 2003@04:07:47.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 1 July 2012@08:02:48.
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