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Headword:
Καταβροχθίσας
Adler number: kappa,489
Translated headword: having gulped down
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Having swallowed up, having drunk down:[1] καταβροχθίσας is said in reference to those who swallow all at once and insatiably. "I, having gulped down the stomach of a cow and the belly of a pig, will outshout the orators."[2]
Greek Original:Καταβροχθίσας: ἐκροφήσας, καταπιών. ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἀθρόως ῥοφουμένων καὶ ἀπλήστως λέγεται τὸ καταβροχθίσας. ἐγὼ δ' ἤνυστρον βοὸς καὶ κοιλίαν ὑείαν καταβροχθίσας, λαρυγγιῶ τοὺς ῥήτορας.
Notes:
[1] Aorist participle of
καταβροχθίζω , masculine nominative singular, from the quotation which follows.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Knights 356-8 (web address 1) with scholion; cf.
eta 404.
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; politics; rhetoric
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 16 September 2006@18:06:55.
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