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Headword:
*)elakwma/noun
Adler number: epsilon,736
Translated headword: they were Lakono-crazy
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] they were in love with the constitution of the Lakonians. He[1] mentioned them because at that time[2] the Lakonians had the upper hand in the war.
Greek Original:*)elakwma/noun: th=s tw=n *lakw/nwn h)/rwn politei/as. e)mnh/sqh de\ au)tw=n dia\ to\ u(pere/xein to/te tou\s *la/kwnas tw=| pole/mw|.
Notes:
From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Birds 1281, where the headword (which should be
e)lakwnoma/noun but by a slip has become here
e)lakwma/noun) occurs. To quote 1280-1: "for until you founded this city-state, all people at that time were
Sparta-mad".
[1]
Aristophanes, or the herald who is speaking.
[2] 414 BC, during the Peloponnesian War.
Translated by: D. Graham J. Shipley on 14 January 2001@02:59:19.
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