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Headword: *(upotemou=mai
Adler number: upsilon,609
Translated headword: I will undercut
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
and 'I will whittle your arrogance away'; Aristophanes [sc. says this].[1] For tanners undercut skins to [make them] seem thicker.[2]
Greek Original:
*(upotemou=mai kai\ periko/yw th=s a)lazonei/as: *)aristofa/nhs. oi( bursode/yai ga\r u(pote/mnousi ta\ de/rmata dia\ to\ fai/nesqai paxe/a.
Notes:
Future middle of u(pote/mnw, first person singular: see also upsilon 401, upsilon 605, etc.
[1] A loose approximation of Aristophanes, Knights 290-1 (web address 1). See also pi 1117.
[2] From the scholia to this passage; cf. Knights 316-17. See also tau 299.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; imagery; politics; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Ioannis Doukas on 20 October 2008@16:34:20.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 21 October 2008@03:15:25.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 11 August 2011@03:02:45.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 8 December 2013@22:35:03.
Catharine Roth (added a note) on 21 December 2022@01:22:09.
Ronald Allen (typo translation) on 21 December 2022@17:07:13.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation and notes) on 21 December 2022@17:38:21.
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