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Headword:
*fai/nein
Adler number: phi,168
Translated headword: to shine a light
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [This verb] applies to a torch and to acting as a sykophant.
Greek Original:*fai/nein e)pi\ lu/xnou kai\ e)pi\ tou= sukofantei=n.
Notes:
From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Acharnians 937, where the wordplay stems from precisely these two senses (respectively B and A in LSJ s.v.
fai/nw). See also
phi 273.
For sykophancy (in this technical sense) see
sigma 1330 etc.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 November 2003@08:47:30.
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