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Headword: Σαλπιγγολογχυπηνάδαι
Adler number: sigma,67
Translated headword: trumpet-spearpoint-beardies
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Those having trumpets and spearpoints and beards. This extends to Phormio,[1] given that he has a large beard. [The word] put together two things, one from the war and one from the beard. Aristophanes [uses it].
Greek Original:
Σαλπιγγολογχυπηνάδαι: σάλπιγγας καὶ λόγχας καὶ ὑπήνας ἔχοντες. τοῦτο δὲ εἰς τὸν Φορμίωνα ἀνατείνει, ὡς μέγαν ἔχοντα πώγωνα. εἶπε δὲ συνθέτως, τὸ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ πολέμου, τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ πώγωνος. Ἀριστοφάνης.
Notes:
From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 966, where this nonsense word occurs (web address 1).
[1] No: Phormisios, just mentioned (see phi 606).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: clothing; comedy; definition; military affairs; meter and music
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 February 2004@10:33:12.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 5 June 2004@01:54:55.
David Whitehead (cosmetic) on 6 June 2004@04:57:17.
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