[Meaning] I was pleased, I rejoiced. From the [verb]
ga/numai ["I brighten"].
Homer [says]: "and the shepherd brightens in his heart."[1] From a metaphor of gleaming bronzeware.[2]
*)eganw/qhn: e)xa/rhn, eu)fra/nqhn. a)po\ tou= ga/numai. *(/omhros: ga/nutai de/ te fre/na poimh/n. a)po\ metafora=s tw=n lamprunome/nwn xalkwma/twn.
From a scholium on
Aristophanes,
Acharnians 7, where Dikaiopolis is describing a series of recent experiences that have pleased or pained him.
[1]
Homer,
Iliad 13.493, from a simile describing the Trojan troops following their leaders like sheep going to drink.
[2] cf. the epic verb
gana/w ("gleam, glitter"), used of armour in
Homer,
Iliad 13.265, 19.359. Compare generally
gamma 60.
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