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Headword: Αἰβοῖ
Adler number: alphaiota,14
Translated headword: Aiboi! Bah!
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
An adverb of indignation.[1] It is applied also to pleasure by Aristophanes in Birds: "Aiboi! There is nothing sweeter than flying!"[2]
Greek Original:
Αἰβοῖ: σχετλιαστικὸν ἐπίρρημα. τάττεται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ ἡδονῆς παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει ἐν Ὄρνισιν: αἰβοῖ: οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν τοῦ πέτεσθαι γλυκύτερον.
Notes:
The headword recurs, unglosssed, as alphaiota 15.
[1] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Clouds 829.
[2] Aristophanes, Birds 1341-2 with scholion.
Keywords: comedy; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 15 September 2002@00:56:30.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 15 September 2002@05:07:27.
David Whitehead (added note) on 15 September 2002@05:09:23.
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