Suda On Line
Search
|
Search results for alpha,4067 in Adler number:
Headword:
*)aru/tesqai
Adler number: alpha,4067
Translated headword: to draw
Vetting Status: high
Translation: They say [it] with the tau, not
a)ru/esqai [sc. but
a)ru/tesqai].
Aristophanes in
Clouds [writes]: "whether to draw water from the course of the Nile's streams in golden bowls...".[1] And
Plato in
Laws [writes]: "he who draws from these [sources of pleasure and pain] the right amount from the right one at the right time [will be happy]".[2]
*)aru/tesqai: su\n tw=| t le/gousin, ou)k a)ru/esqai. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: ei)/t' a)/ra *nei/lou proxoa\s u(da/twn xruse/ois a)ru/tesqai pro/xusin. kai\ *pla/twn *no/mois: w(=n o( me\n a)ruto/menos o(/qen te dh\ kai\ o(po/sa kai\ o(po/te.
Notes:
[1]
Aristophanes,
Clouds 272 (loosely quoted:
Aristophanes has e.g. the indicative
a)ru/tesqe ["you draw"] rather than the infinitive
a)ru/tesqai). See web address 1 below.
[2]
Plato,
Laws 636D-E (which has
o(/qen te dei= for the present
o(/qen te dh\). See web address 2.
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; geography; imagery; philosophy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 April 2001@12:46:28.
Vetted by:
No. of records found: 1
Page 1
End of search