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Headword: Ἐγχανών
Adler number: epsilon,172
Translated headword: gaping at
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Meaning laughing at.[1] Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "you will die gaping."[2] And elsewhere [he writes]: "he will not gape after us as generals for the city, but let him sail by himself to the crows."[3]
Greek Original:
Ἐγχανών: ἀντὶ τοῦ καταγελάσας. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις: σὺ δ' ἐγχανὼν τεθνήξῃ. καὶ αὖθις: οὐ γὰρ ἡμῶν γε στρατηγῶν ἐγχανεῖται τῇ πόλει, ἀλλὰ πλείτω χωρὶς αὐτὸς ἐς κόρακας.
Notes:
[1] cf. epsilon 2027, epsilon 2760.
[2] Aristophanes, Clouds 1436 (web address 1) with scholion.
[3] Aristophanes, Knights 1313-14 (web address 2); cf. pi 1742. For 'to the crows' cf. beta 71, epsiloniota 285.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1
Web address 2
Keywords: comedy; definition; military affairs; politics
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 16 January 2006@22:07:53.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more x-refs and another keyword; cosmetics) on 17 January 2006@03:52:07.
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