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Search results for delta,1489 in Adler number:
Headword:
Δρᾶ
Adler number: delta,1489
Translated headword: Do! Get done!
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Instead of "Do!" In the imperative.
Aristophanes in
Birds: "You now get the other things done yourself!"
Δρᾶ: ἀντὶ τοῦ πράττε: προστακτικῶς. Ἀριστοφάνης Ὄρνισι: σὺ δ' αὐτὸς ἤδη τἄλλα δρᾶ.
Note:
The imperative at
Aristophanes Birds 1163 commands the hearer to take the responsibility for getting the remaining matters done himself. The translation at Web address 1 is, accurately (cf.
delta 1488), "The rest is your business." See also
delta 1507,
delta 1510.
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: Robert Dyer on 6 March 2002@10:27:08.
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