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Headword: Διαλεπτολογοῦμαι
Adler number: delta,629
Translated headword: I discourse subtly
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
I converse.[1] Just as Socrates said: "I tread the air and observe the sun,[2] so that it does not draw the moisture into the watercress".[3] Thus also the old man [says], "I hold a subtle discussion with the beams of the house."[4]
Greek Original:
Διαλεπτολογοῦμαι: διαλέγομαι. ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ Σωκράτης ἔφη: ἀεροβατῶ καὶ περιφρονῶ τὸν ἥλιον: ἵνα μὴ ἕλκῃ τὴν ἰκμάδ' ἐς τὰ κάρδαμα. οὕτω καὶ ὁ πρεσβύτης: διαλεπτολογοῦμαι ταῖς δοκοῖς τῆς οἰκίας.
Notes:
[1] Or hold a discussion. A comic coinage. Cf. alpha 561, pi 1344.
[2] Aristophanes Clouds 225 (web address 1).
[3] Cf. Aristophanes Clouds 233-234.
[4] Aristophanes Clouds 1496 (web address 2).
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1
Web address 2
Keywords: botany; comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; philosophy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 4 May 2002@22:35:28.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 5 May 2002@05:48:20.
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