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Headword:
Apopempsat'
eph'
hendeka
kôpais
Adler number: alpha,3470
Translated headword: send [him] off on eleven oars
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Used] with an accusative. From sea-faring [terms]. For a naval command is called "on eleven oars".
Aristophanes says [this].
Greek Original:Apopempsat' eph' hendeka kôpais: aitiatikêi. apo tôn nautikôn. keleusma gar esti nautikon eph' hendeka kôpais legomenon. Aristophanês phêsin.
Note:
Aristophanes,
Knights 546 (web address 1 below), with -- apart from the initial grammatical point -- comment from the
scholia there. The phrase (again at
epsilon 3857) is unparalleled, and mystifying.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 June 2001@12:07:51.
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