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Headword:
*)iou=,
i)ou=
Adler number: iota,427
Translated headword: iou iou
Vetting Status: high
Translation: When i)ou= expresses joy, it has a circumflex accent.
Greek Original:*)iou=, i)ou=: to\ i)ou= e)pi\ xara=s perispa=tai.
Notes:
From a scholion on
Aristophanes,
Peace 317, where the headword phrase occurs.
LSJ s.v.: the scholiast claims that
i)ou\ i)ou/ expresses woe,
i)ou= i)ou= joy -- but no such rule is observed in manuscripts.
cf.
iota 426.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 29 May 2006@22:29:06.
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