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Headword: Kômêtai
Adler number: kappa,2261
Translated headword: villagers
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The ancients used to call "villagers" those from the same quarter and place. [1] Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "the villagers naked in a bunch, even if it should snow precipitously".[2]
Greek Original:
Kômêtai: kômêtas hoi palaioi tous ek tou autou amphodou kai topou elegon. Aristophanês Nephelais: tous kômêtas gumnous hathroous, ei kai krêmnôdê kataniphoi.
Notes:
[1] cf. kappa 2258, kappa 2259, kappa 2260.
[2] Aristophanes, Clouds 965 (with slight variation in reading: see web address 1 below); cf. kappa 2389.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; geography
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 13 January 2001@17:25:30.
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David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 14 January 2001@09:40:57.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 15 March 2013@06:18:25.
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