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Headword:
Ὄζουσιν
Adler number: omicron,72
Translated headword: they smell
Vetting Status: low
Translation: They are full of fragrance.[1] "These [sc. treaties] smell of ambrosia and nectar." Referring to those worthy of acceptance. He is saying [this] about the festival of the Dionysia.[2]
Greek Original:Ὄζουσιν: εὐωδίας πλήρεις εἰσίν. αὐταὶ μὲν ὄζουσ' ἀμβροσίης καὶ νέκταρος. ἐπὶ τῶν ἀποδοχῆς ἀξίων. λέγει δὲ περὶ τῆς τῶν Διονυσίων ἑορτῆς.
Notes:
[1] Third person plural, present indicative, of
ὄζω ; cf.
omicron 67,
omicron 73,
omicron 74.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Acharnians 196 (web address 1), with '
scholia pleniora'; cf.
delta 1168. (The scholiast's second comment is wide of the mark. Dikaiopolis does swear by the Dionysia but is actually speaking of the "sample" thirty-year peace terms brought by Amphitheus the Spartan.)
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Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; history; imagery; law; military affairs; mythology; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 22 October 2009@01:22:16.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (expanded n.2; more keywords; cosmetics) on 22 October 2009@03:07:57.
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