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Headword:
*ma\
gh=n,
ma\
pagi/das,
ma\
nefe/las,
ma\
di/ktua
Adler number: mu,12
Translated headword: by earth (and) by snares (and) by clouds (and) by nets
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Thus they used to swear by random things, [for example] by springs, by rivers.
Aristophanes in
Birds [sc. illustrates this].
*ma\ gh=n, ma\ pagi/das, ma\ nefe/las, ma\ di/ktua: ou(/tw kai\ ta\ tuxo/nta w)/mnuon, ma\ krh/nas, ma\ potamou/s. *)aristofa/nhs *)/ornisi.
Notes:
Aristophanes,
Birds 194 (with scholion); the hoopoe is employing some avian swear-words. See text at web address 1.
cf.
nu 98; and for
ma/, cf.
mu 1 and
mu 31.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; geography; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 30 November 2003@00:55:31.
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