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Headword:
Κακοηθέστατα
Adler number: kappa,159
Translated headword: most ill-natured
Vetting Status: high
Translation: It is said of keys.
Aristophanes in
Thesmophoriazusae [writes] "for husbands now carry secret keys, most ill-natured ones, certain Lakonian ones, with three teeth. So previously it was possible, for women who had had a three-obol seal-ring made, to open the door. But now this man [
Euripides] has taught them [to have seals] of worm-eaten wood".[1]
Greek Original:Κακοηθέστατα: ἐπὶ κλειδίων λέγεται. Ἀριστοφάνης Θεσμοφοριαζούσαις: οἱ γὰρ ἄνδρες ἤδη κλειδία φοροῦσι κρυπτά, κακοηθέστατα, Λακωνικὰ ἄττα, τρεῖς ἔχοντα γομφίους. πρὸ τοῦ μὲν οὖν ἦν ἀλλ' ὑποῖξαι τὴν θύραν ποιησαμέναισι δακτύλιον τριωβόλου. νῦν δ' οὗτος αὐτοὺς ἐδίδαξε θριπηδέστατα.
Note:
[1]
Aristophanes,
Thesmophoriazusae 421-7 (slightly abridged: see web address 1). For the Lakonian key see further under
lambda 64.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; ethics; science and technology; tragedy; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 15 July 2001@08:17:21.
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