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Headword: Καταμηλῶσαι
Adler number: kappa,649
Translated headword: to probe, to sound
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
is what they call it when a probe is inserted by the physician into the throat; as they also do who vomit, inserting the finger into the throat.
Greek Original:
Καταμηλῶσαι: λέγεται τὸ μήλην καθίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰατροῦ εἰς τὸν λαιμόν: ὡς ποιοῦσι καὶ οἱ ἐμοῦντες, τὸν δάκτυλον καθιέντες εἰς τὸν λαιμόν.
Notes:
Aorist active infinitive of καταμηλόω ; explained here broadly as in the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 1150 (where the present participle occurs).
See also kappa 652, kappa 1518, mu 940, mu 1059.
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; medicine
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 7 July 2008@01:06:13.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 7 July 2008@02:58:09.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference identified by Nick Nicholas) on 16 November 2008@22:49:04.
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