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Headword:
Diakôdônisô
Adler number: delta,600
Translated headword: I will prove by ringing
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Like I will test;
Aristophanes [sc. uses this verb].[1] Because some of the birds are tested by the sound of a bell. And they used to test horses in this way with bells, [to see] whether they would be frightened by noises. Or from quails: for the ones that could endure the sound of a bell were suited for battle. But some [say that the expression derives] from cracked vessels, since they test them in this way by knocking on them. And some [say that it derives] from guards. But the [explanation] having to do with horses and vessels is better. They clearly indicated that the other [explanations] were hastily improvised. The rousing of guards by bells [was done] so that they might answer in return.[2]
And
Iamblichus [writes]: "since after testing each of the shepherds he was unable to hear and to understand who the children were."[3]
Greek Original:Diakôdônisô: hoion dokimasô: Aristophanês. dioti tina tôn orneôn dokimazetai tôi tou kôdônos psophôi. kai tous hippous houtôs edokimazon kôdôsin, ei psophodeeis eien. ê apo tôn ortugôn: hoi gar hupomenontes ton êchon tou kôdônos epitêdeiôs echousi pros machên. tines de apo tôn angeiôn tôn sathrôn, epei houtôs dokimazousi diakrouontes. tines de apo tôn phulakôn. beltion de to epi tôn hippôn kai tôn angeiôn. ta d' alla eschediastai. to de tous phulakas egrêgorenai kôdôsi diesêmainon, hopôs antiphthengôntai. kai Iamblichos: epeidê diakôdônizôn hekaston tôn poimenôn ouch hoios te ên akousai kai mathein, hoitines êsan hoi paides.
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Keywords: children; comedy; definition; imagery; military affairs; meter and music; trade and manufacture; zoology
Translated by: Craig Gibson on 4 July 2003@22:40:58.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified and augmented notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics) on 6 July 2003@07:42:15.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 16 November 2005@08:11:44.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 28 June 2012@08:13:57.
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