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Headword:
Μεμαγμένην
Adler number: mu,549
Translated headword: kneaded
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Prepared, and brought to readiness. Hence also a proverb: having kneaded a barley-cake, the one [already] kneaded by me.
Greek Original:Μεμαγμένην: παρεσκευασμένην, καὶ ἐν ἑτοίμῳ γενομένην. ἔνθεν καὶ παροιμία: μᾶζαν μεμαχὼς τὴν ὑπ' ἐμοῦ μεμαγμένην.
Note:
Aristophanes,
Knights 55 and 57 (web address 1) with scholion; cf. under
mu 35, with the adjective ('Lakonian') missing here. The allusion is to Kleon's capture of the Spartans at
Pylos (
kappa 1731), exploiting progress already made by
Demosthenes (the speaker here).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; history; imagery; military affairs; politics; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 14 July 2006@07:21:15.
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