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Headword:
*stilbwni/dhs
Adler number: sigma,1109
Translated headword: Stilbonides
Vetting Status: high
Translation: He who is glossy from [a trip to] the bath-house, and has adorned himself. Or a proper name.
Aristophanes in
Birds [says]: 'o Stilbonides'.
*stilbwni/dhs: o( lampro\s a)po\ balanei/ou, kai\ kekallwpisme/nos. h)\ o)/noma ku/rion. *)aristofa/nhs *)/ornisin: w)= *stilbwni/dh.
Note:
From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Birds 139, where the phrase quoted occurs (web address 1). Modern opinion, too, has been unsure whether this is a made-up name (cognate with the verb
sti/lbw: cf.
sigma 1110,
sigma 1111) or that of a real person, but Dunbar 178-9 argues convincingly for the latter.
Aristophanes, Birds, edited with introduction and commentary by Nan Dunbar (Oxford 1995).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 December 2002@07:05:02.
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