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Headword: *eu)ripi/dh *eu)ripi/dion
Adler number: epsilon,3692
Translated headword: Euripides little Euripides
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Aristophanes [sc. writes this].[1] He is imitating a lover's voice. For lovers are in the habit of calling lovingly to their beloveds in diminutives.[2]
Greek Original:
*eu)ripi/dh *eu)ripi/dion: *)aristofa/nhs. e)rwtikh\n mimei=tai fwnh/n. oi( ga\r e)rw=ntes ei)w/qasi tou\s e)rwme/nous e)rwtikw=s di' u(pokorismw=n kalei=n.
Notes:
[1] Aristophanes, Acharnians 404, with comment from the scholia there. For Euripides see generally epsilon 3695.
[2] Other instances of the 'wheedling diminutive' (Dover) in Aristophanes: Clouds 80, 132, 221-2, 746.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; tragedy
Translated by: David Whitehead on 3 December 2002@08:47:26.
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Catharine Roth (added keyword) on 8 December 2002@19:22:16.
David Whitehead on 19 October 2003@04:55:22.
David Whitehead on 14 November 2012@06:29:41.
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