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Headword:
Lipares
Adler number: lambda,578
Translated headword: obstinate
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning something] constant. [Formed] out of
lian ["very"] [+]
pareinai ["to be present"].[1]
Aristophanes [writes]: "for if any one of us concedes to these in even the slightest, they will not lack for obstinate handiwork."[2] That is, for daring.[3] Or, the women will not keep away from constant work.[4]
Greek Original:Lipares: to proseches. ek tou lian pareinai. Aristophanês: ei gar endôsei tis hêmôn taisde kan smikran labên, ouden elleipsousin hautai liparas cheirourgias. toutesti tolmês. ê ouk aphexontai prosechous ergou hai gunaikes.
Notes:
[1] Just-So etymology given in the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Lysistrata 673. The form is cited in the neuter singular (of
lambda 583) there too, to make the etymology work better.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Lysistrata 673-675 (web address 1).
[3] Interpretation also given at
chi 266.
[4] Again from the
scholia.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; women
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 13 June 2009@04:13:11.
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